Oniria by Lynne True

With photography, I play with the idea that the capturing of a moment: a memory, can also be imagined as a dream. However, in this medium there opens an archival entry point into the world of memory and dreams. How do our versions of the past decay or change when seen through a photograph? Does our body re-place itself into the sensations of what happened on that day? Are we immediately brought back to the concreteness and presentness of that moment or are we in a sense, re-living a dream? Where do the edges of dream-world, memory and present sensations collide? And do our dreams or photographs tell the future?
-Lynne Scharf, artist

The unifying point and starting subject of Lynne True’s ONIRIA represents the travel through the layers of one’s dreamscape. Here, the artist approaches the subject from the position of understanding the dreamworld as a part of reality, an interwoven spectrum of memories, feelings, physical impressions, and possible hunches of what the future holds. Photography as a medium proposes a paradox of its own capacity - to freeze the lived moment in time while simultaneously allowing for abstraction, enabling the spectator to approach the work from both perspectives.

The non-linear narrative created through the interplay of color and black-and-white photography reflects the layered structure of the dreamscape—one that, at first glance, resists clear codes ofrepresentation or behavior, much like an actual dream. Positioning ONIRIA in the queer space proposes to take a look at the multi-layeredness of queer life itself, but also poses a question of how we understand queer art today. In that context, True’s ONIRIA suggests moving away from the obvious imagery, telling a story of a dream-like process of perception of oneself, where the dreamworld is not just a subject matter, but a methodology for the understanding of an individual’s truth and reality.
-Aleksander Zain, curator

Bio

Lynne True Scharf is a dancer and photographer from New York. She graduated from Bennington College in Vermont in 2023 with a BFA in Dance and Music and has since moved to Berlin to deepen her creative practices while working as a freelance artist. She approaches dance with curiosity and play, valuing the precision of form without being bound to it while finding contrast and release through improvisation. Her movement practice often explores the acoustics of the body, breath, and the use of the voice, tuning the body towards experimentation as a multi-faceted instrument.

Alongside her performance practice, True works as a photographer documenting movement and creative process. She collaborates with Dance Photografilm and LAKE Studios, where she contributes photography, documentation, and artist interviews, bringing a sensitivity shaped by a lifelong relationship to Dance.


Opening:

• Date: 9 January 2026
  
• Time: 6 p.m.
  
• Location: Prince Peach, Prenzlauer Allee 208, 10405 Berlin