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{{Infobox
| name         = Obrat Association
| local name   = KUD Obrat
| street       = Pod hruško 4
| town         = SI-1000 Ljubljana
| telephone    = 
| fax          = 
| email        = kud.obrat@googlemail.com
| website      = http://www.obrat.org/
| managed by =
| contacts = {{Contact
| name         = Urška Jurman
| role         = Coordinator
| telephone    = 
| fax          = 
| email        = ursa.jurman@guest.arnes.si
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| accounts     =
https://www.facebook.com/KudObrat
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Established in [[established::2006]] in Ljubljana, the [[Obrat Association]] is a non-profit organisation of four artists ([[Polonca Lovšin]], [[Tomaž Tomažin]], [[Stefan Doepner]], [[Apolonija Šušteršič]]) and curator and critic [[Urška Jurman]] that addresses diverse issues of contemporary art and society. It works as platform for production, research, presentation, and education.
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{{TeaserSlo|KUD Obrat je neprofitna organizacija, ki naslavlja različna vprašanja sodobne umetnosti in družbe. Deluje kot platforma za produkcijo, raziskovanje, predstavljanje in izobraževanje.}}

==Background==
The idea for the Obrat Association started in 2004 as a collaboration between [[Polonca Lovšin]] and [[Urška Jurman]] who together realised the transdisciplinary project ''Ready 2 Change'' at [[P74 Centre and Gallery]] comprising a temporary artist-in-residence, exhibition, lectures, presentations and workshops. The intention of ''Ready2Change'' was to provide a multi-faceted insight into the issues of possible life alternatives and innovative approaches to all kinds of systems that govern our everyday lives. An outcome of the project was the book ''Ready 2 Change'', published by [[Maska Institute]].

==Projects==
Most of the Obrat Association's projects are produced in cooperation with other national and international institutions. In May 2010 [[Stefan Doepner]] presented the newest work ''Walking Tent – Robot Partner 4.0'' in front of the [[Alkatraz Gallery]] at [[Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone]]. The work was also discussed in the project ''Expanded [[Cirkulacija 2]] Concourse''. Another project ''Küchenmaschinen auf Abwegen'' from the series ''Robot Partners'' by Doepner was presented in spring 2010 at Cabaret Voltaire in Zürich (Switzerland). In August 2010 the association collaborated on the ''Garden by the Way'' project within the [[Mladi levi Festival]].

In 2009 [[Polonca Lovšin]] featured the solo exhibition ''Bees, Cows, Lemons and Potato Peelings'' at [[P74 Centre and Gallery]] in Ljubljana, where she continues with her interest to rethink the relationship between urban/rural, and to develop small, low-tech inventions for everyday life. At the same time, she calls attention to the urgent necessity for using natural energy sources, local knowledge and simple solutions, which are founded on the principle of Do-It-Yourself. 

The Obrat Association has prepared additional projects such as ''Relocation, Space Practices and Politics'', ''Rotating Instruments'', ''Dinamo Door Dance'', ''Seven Ordinary Things'', ''Series 360'', or ''Complaints Choir'' of Ljubljana. All are well documented on the association website. In 2011 the [[Architects' Bulletin (ab)]] invited KUD Obrat to conceive a thematic issue of this biannual journal. [[Urška Jurman]] and [[Apolonija Šušteršič]] dedicated it to the phenomenon of participation in architecture and urbanism.

==See also==
* [[Cirkulacija 2]]

==External links==
*[http://www.obrat.org Obrat Association website]
*[http://www.bunker.si/eng/project-garden-by-the-way The ''Garden by the Way'' project's web page]


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