Mitch Cope and Gina Reichert got the Power in February’s Juxtapoz

If you haven’t picked up the February issue of Juxtapoz, hurry to your local independent book retailer or check out the stunning visual evidence online. For the uninitiated, the San Fransisco-based art and design mag teamed up with local artist collective Power House, led by Mitch Cope and Gina Reichert, to turn part of an abandoned block into livable, re-imagined abodes of art. Juxtapoz sent major artists and cash to the D; plus their own staff, to document the creative process. And while the pictures truly are incredible, this detailed Q&A with Mitch and Gina also begs your attention.

Excerpt:

A lot of what we do is a conversation piece with the artists here.
Before that, a lot of times, we would meet our neighbors through crime,
and we would form a coalition of neighbors through that, which is good
in that you get to know your neighbors, but it’s bad in that you get to
know your neighbors through crime. So we’re trying to have another
element to meet our neighbors, a positive element which is the art, and
that’s what’s happening now more so than ever on Moran Street, because
it is such a concentrated effort with four houses being worked on by six
different artists.

Read the story here.