L’Archive, Habib-Bourguiba Esplanade, Paris, France, 2026. Ph: Julien Dude
Titled L’Archive, the monument occupies the Habib-Bourguiba Esplanade on the banks of the Seine, comprising two black brass steles set on a lava stone base. Inscribed on the pieces are the words: “Here, like an archive, rest the voices and words, the memories and experiences, the feelings and hopes of the victims and survivors.”
Human in scale and understated in its formal language, L’Archive affirms memory as a form of collective resistance against erasure.