Never Records / Never Can Say Goodbye

No Longer Empty, an artists' collective, takes over unused spaces and transforms them into installations. Their most recent work appropriates the former Tower Records on Broadway and 4th, turning what was once the center of a vibrant music scene into a multimedia exhibition called Never Can Say Goodbye. Among the pieces by the 20 artists are a re-created store (called Never Records), including a paper maiche sales clerk; several audio installations, including mash-ups of hundreds of songs that reached #1 on the Billboard charts; Teen Beat–type magazines featuring Vanilla Ice; and images of what we think is meant to be Josh Groban in sequins. By the time we moved to the city the idea of Tower as hangout - cum - best way to find out about new music was long gone, but Never Can Say Goodbye makes a strong case for what was lost when this store closed.