An outdoor exhibition in Belgrade used art to open conversations about climate change. The exhibition “Climate Action Through Poetry and Photography”, organized within the framework of the project Climateurope2, was displayed along the Belgrade Fortress promenade from 6 to 26 October 2025.

The exhibition brought together individual reflections and encouraged dialogue about climate change and its impact on the environment, expressed through photography and poetry. It was developed from an open call launched at the end of 2024, which received more than 200 submissions from over 70 contributors across the region, including Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, and North Macedonia. Participants ranged from high school and university students to professional artists and retirees.

From this rich collection, curators paired photographs and poems to form artistic “dialogues.” These combinations were thematic and sometimes contrasting, inviting viewers to explore multiple layers of meaning about nature, place, and the times we live in.

The exhibition opened in one of Belgrade’s most iconic public spaces, the Belgrade Fortress, and gathered many of the participating authors. Attendees presented their work, exchanged experiences, and reflected together on the intersections of art, climate, and community.

An accompanying catalogue documented the exhibition and provided insight into the creative process. It aimed to strengthen the dialogue between art and science and to engage the public at a moment when climate uncertainty continued to shape everyday life.

A jury of experts had the difficult task of selecting the most successful pieces from the many submissions. The jury members included translator and poet Ljiljana Ilić, photographer Marko Risović, Climateurope2 project partner Dr. Marjana Brkić, climatologist Prof. Dr. Vladimir Đurđević, art historian Dobrivoje Lale Erić, and architect and adviser for international cooperation Ljubica Slavković.

The winning pieces were a series of photographs by Tanja Bažalac and poems by Snježana Vračar Mihelač. Their work, along with additional selected contributions, was featured in a special catalogue produced within the Climateurope2 project.