Exhibition 'City Space - Nature Space'

The exhibition 'City Space - Nature Space' showcases protected areas of Belgrade, selected specimens of dendroflora, natural monuments, and landscapes of exceptional qualities interpreted in the form of video works, photographs, and texts, as well as an eco-figure made from secondary raw materials on the theme of protected animal species that inhabit the space of our capital.

The city and nature intertwine and permeate each other. Besides the environmental significance that is most often recognized, the natural values of special characteristics in the composition of the urban landscape are inseparable from urban, historical, and cultural toponyms. The development of urban space represents the conquest of natural space, while the preservation of natural resources is simultaneously a necessary condition for survival. The modern inhabitant of urban space forgets the original connection with the natural environment, the entirety without which one loses their natural, humane essence, neglecting one of the essential needs of human beings to be in continuous communication and touch with nature.

Through the exhibition 'City Space - Nature Space,' the Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia brings live monuments of Belgrade closer to the public, as witnesses of the past to which we are connected through history, memories, commemorations, traditions, and myths. The installment aims to acquaint the audience with protected areas - the green oases of Belgrade, selected specimens of protected dendroflora, and animal species of Belgrade in the context of conservation, valorization, and interpretation of the natural heritage of urban space.