Exhibition 'City Space - Nature Space'

The exhibition 'City Space - Nature Space' presents the protected areas of Belgrade, selected examples of dendroflora, natural monuments, and landscapes of exceptional characteristics interpreted in the form of video works, photographs, and texts, as well as an eco-sculpture made of secondary raw materials on the theme of protected animal species inhabiting the space of our capital.

The city and nature intertwine and permeate each other. In addition to the ecological significance that is most commonly recognized, the natural values of special features in the composition of the urban landscape are inseparable from urban, historical, and cultural toponyms. Developing 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, a whole without which he loses his natural, human face, thus neglecting one of the essential needs of human beings to be in permanent communication and touch with nature.

Through the exhibition 'City Space - Nature Space,' the Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia brings the living monuments of Belgrade closer to the public, as witnesses of the past to which we are connected through history, memories, souvenirs, traditions, and myths. The setup aims to familiarize the public with protected areas—green oases of Belgrade, selected examples of protected dendroflora and animal species of Belgrade in the context of preserving, valuing, and interpreting the natural heritage of the urban space.