Replaced explores the aftermath of love and reveals that the gestures, places, and memories we once believed belonged solely to us can be shared with someone else. Its emotional weight lies not only in the end of a relationship, but in the unsettling realization that intimacy is not fixed—that it can be recreated and experienced anew. To grapple with these feelings, Markosian stages reenactments with an actor, recreating moments of tenderness alongside the breakup. Navigating the unstable terrain of memory—where desire can distort, embellish, and erase—she uses the camera as a tool for expression, revisiting the past while shaping it in the present. What once unfolded beyond her control is now staged, framed, and reenacted, blurring the line between documentary and fiction, while Markosian prolongs this relationship just a little longer, oscillating between the urge to let go and the desire to hold on. Replaced offers a reflection on life after love, on how we navigate the cycles of attachment, separation, and memory.
Replaced explores the aftermath of love and reveals that the gestures, places, and memories we once believed belonged solely to us can be shared with someone else. Its emotional weight lies not only in the end of a relationship, but in the unsettling realization that intimacy is not fixed—that it can be recreated and experienced anew. To grapple with these feelings, Markosian stages reenactments with an actor, recreating moments of tenderness alongside the breakup. Navigating the unstable terrain of memory—where desire can distort, embellish, and erase—she uses the camera as a tool for expression, revisiting the past while shaping it in the present. What once unfolded beyond her control is now staged, framed, and reenacted, blurring the line between documentary and fiction, while Markosian prolongs this relationship just a little longer, oscillating between the urge to let go and the desire to hold on. Replaced offers a reflection on life after love, on how we navigate the cycles of attachment, separation, and memory.
Hardcover, 13,5 x 19 cm
120 pages
35 color photographs
Photographs and texts
Diana Markosian
Exhibition
Gallerie d'Italia
Turin, Italie
April 10 - September 6, 2026