Featured Artists:
-[Ukraine] Kostiantyn Kozlov 
-[Ukraine] Olesia Miftahova
-[Hong Kong] Shrimp (Former political prisoner)
-[Hong Kong] Bowie Tong

Organised by:C & G Artpartment
Supported by: Bonham Tree Aid and Freedom Card
Exhibition Dates: 13 Nov - 29 Nov 2025
Exhibition Opening & Artist Sharing: 13 Nov (Thur) 5:30pm
Exhibition Time: Wed - Sat, 1:00 - 5:30pm
Venue: C & G Artpartment, 71 Holme Lane, S6 4JP, Sheffield, UK
*Welcome to view by appointment, out of the regular hours, just email info@CandG-Artpartment.com.

All Donation to this art installation will go to:
* Bonham Tree Aid and
* 15th Company, 5th Battalion, 112th TDF Vehicle Repairs

About the exhibition:

This exhibition confronts the fragile yet unyielding pursuit of democracy in a world where truth often comes at an unbearable price. Created by two Ukrainian artists Olesia Miftahova and Kostiantyn Kozlov, who now are based in Wales and refuse to relinquish their commitment to telling Ukrainian stories, the installation invites audiences into an immersive space of memory, resistance, and solidarity.

Supported by Hong Kong artists （Shrimp and Bowie Tong) and other Hong Kong activists, "Cost of Truth" bridges geographies and struggles, weaving together narratives of Ukraine’s fight for sovereignty and Hong Kong’s battle for freedom. Through layered visuals, soundscapes, and tactile interventions, the work transforms personal testimonies into collective experience, asking: What does it mean to speak truth when silence feels safer? How do we carry the weight of histories that are still unfolding?

This is not an exhibition of distant conflicts; it is a living dialogue about resilience and responsibility. In the face of censorship, displacement, and violence, these artists insist on visibility—on making the unseen felt. Their collaboration becomes an act of defiance, a reminder that the fight for democracy is neither local nor temporary, but global and ongoing.

Step inside. Listen. Reflect. The cost of truth is high, but its absence is immeasurable.

You are sincerely invited to this space where art becomes testimony. Experience stories of resilience from Ukraine and Hong Kong.


真相的代價

本次展覽直面脆弱卻堅定的民主追求，在一個真相往往付出難以承受代價的世界中，提出深刻的反思。由兩位現居威爾士的烏克蘭藝術家(Olesia Miftahova & Kostiantyn Kozlov) 創作——他們始終不放棄在英國講述烏克蘭故事——此裝置藝術邀請觀眾進入一個沉浸式空間，感受記憶、抗爭與團結。

在香港藝術家(阿蝦和Bowie)與其他行動者的支持下，《真相的代價》跨越地域與困境，交織烏克蘭爭取主權的歷程與香港爭取自由的抗爭。透過多層次的視覺、聲音與觸覺介入，作品將個人見證轉化為集體經驗，並追問：當沉默似乎更安全，說出真相意味著什麼？我們如何承載仍在發生的歷史重量？

這不僅是關於遙遠衝突的展覽，而是一場關於韌性與責任的當下對話。在審查、流離與暴力面前，藝術家們堅持可見性——讓隱形的痛感被看見、被感受。他們的合作是一種反抗行動，提醒我們：民主的抗爭既非局部，也非暫時，而是全球且持續的。

走進來。傾聽。反思。真相的代價高昂，但它的缺席更是無法衡量。