Reality Society / Society for Education about Reality

is characterised by the ability to creatively bridge the gap between social theory, fieldwork and artistic creativity. As well as experience in bringing together actors from different professional backgrounds: social sciences, arts, computing, activism.

It was established with the following aims and objectives:

  • studying the material conditions of life;
  • studying the economy, the labour market, education, science, culture and general development;
  • informing the interested public and offering basic political economy skills;
  • cultural and artistic activities;
  • encouraging film, drawing, music and other creative skills and sensibilities;
  • encouraging and promoting the projects, the members and the values for which the Society stands.

The association was founded in 2013 and 2014 by the Reality Group, which came together during the economic downturn in 2012. The Group brings together individuals from diverse professional backgrounds; sociology, history, philosophy, film and fine arts, in a common desire to respond publicly and argumentatively to policies of austerity cuts to public services.


The Association's main projects and programmes:

  • Present and future of work

  • the Art School at the Nova Gorica City Art Gallery (The school was founded in 2016 on the initiative of sculptors Katja Oblak, Anja Kranjc and Julij Borštnik, in collaboration with the Nova Gorica Cultural Centre and KUD TAAK, from which the association Stvarnost took over the responsibilities in 2018. )

  • short film series Simple Truth About . . .

  • supporting members in realization of projects.




REFERENCES of the Reality Society:

The Present Information project on Open Worksite radio show
and Future the working conditions The Collection of Knowledge established within the project Present and Future of Work
of Work and the social Stvarnost FB page
March 2022 situation of the workforce. https://radiostudent.si/projekti/sedanjost-in-prihodnost-dela
- Februar 2023 Partners: media publications on activities of the COUNSELING OFFICE FOR WORKERS within the framework of the Present and Future of Work project
lead partner - Movement for Decent Work media publications on activities of the MOVEMENT FOR DECENT WORK AND WELFARE SOCIETY within the framework of the Present and Future of Work project
- Workers' Advice Bureau The decision of the Committee for Labour, Family, Social Affairs and the Disabled regarding the Marinblu case, which was made public and submitted to the authorities by the COUNSELING OFFICE FOR WORKERS within the framework of the Present and Future of Work project
- RADIO Student
Art School in cooperatin with Cultural FB page LikovnaSolaMGNG
in Nova Gorica Center Nova Gorica and https://kulturnidom-ng.si/kulturna-vzgoja/likovna-sola-za-mestne-galerije-nova-gorica/
City Art Reality Society, since In the annual catalog of the Cultural Center 2016-2017, look at p.32-33
Gallery 2018, when Reality Society In the annual catalog of the Cultural Center 2022-2023
(ongoing) took over from KUD TAAK. teaching adults
The school was founded teaching children
in 2016 at the initiative https://arhiv2.kulturnidom-ng.si/mestnagalerija/likovna-sola-v-mestni-galeriji-nova-gorica/
of sculptors Katja Oblak, Poster of the Art School participants' exhibition, June 2016.
Anja Kranjc and Julij Borštnika. Exhibition of the participants of the Art School in the Goriška library of France Bevek, October 2018.
Poster invitation to enroll in the Art School for the year 2018-2019.
Exhibition of the participants of the Art School in the Goriška library of France Bevek, October 2019.
Cultural Center Nova Gorica announcement for September 2021; invitation to enroll in the Art School for the year 2021-2022.
Leaflet invitation to enroll in the Art School for the year 2019-2020 - children.
REALITY group / STVARNOST Simple Truth about Austerity Measures short film, 2012 around 30 000 views
Simple Truth about Austerity Measures - part 2 short film, 2012 around 5 000 views
Let's oppose the amendment to the Act on Higher Education short film, 2012 around 7 000 views
Simple Truth about Higher Education - part 1 short film, 2014 around 6 000 views
Simple Truth about Higher Education - part 2 short film, 2015 around 3 000 views
Stvarnost; PRESS RELEASES: Mladina: film release and article Simple Truth about Higher Education - part 2, April 2015
MMC RTV-SLO: Interview and film release, March 2014
Mladina: film release and article Let's Resist the Higher Education Amendment, October 2012
RTV-SLO, Studio City: excerpts from Simple Truth about Austerity Measures 2 (39'00''-40'10''), September 2012
Mladina: film release and article Simple Truth about Austerity Measures 2, September 2012
RTV-SLO, Studio City: excerpt from Simple Truth about Austerity Measures (39'03''-39'50''), 14.5.2012
Precarity the Bologna Way, Radio Student: commentary on the debate in Academic 15
public debate with film http://studentska-iskra.org/?tribe_events=javna-razprava-prekarnost-bo-bolonjsko
screening, Ljubjana, april 2015
Diploma in Hand, student on the street!, https://www.facebook.com/events/1448445435388544/?ref=52&source=1
public debate with film
screening, Ljubljana, march 2014




(with english subtitles)

Simple Truth about Higher Education - part 1 (2014)


Simple Truth about Higher Education - part 2 (2015)


Let's oppose the amendment to the Act on Higher Education (2012)


Simple Truth about Austerity Measures (2012)


Simple Truth about Austerity Measures - part 2 (2012)







president of the Reality Society is Julij Borštnik
the referee of the Reality Society is Borut Brezar



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Julij Borštnik

email: julijb@protonmail.com

phone: +38651237407