Tatiana Trouvé, a French artist born in Dakar, excels in sculpture and multimedia. After studying art in the Netherlands and at Villa Arson in Nice, she received the Marcel Duchamp Prize in 2007. Her art explores memory and space, merging personal experience with universal creation. In 1997, during her job search, Trouvé began the project ‘Bureau d’activités implicites’ (Bureau of Implicit Activities, ‘BAI’) (1997–2007). In this project, she presented her personal documents within architectural ‘modules,’ mixing them with fabricated résumés and other fictionalized papers. This experiment in constructing and understanding identity through a bureaucratic perspective would become a cornerstone of Trouvé’s archival approach. Her later series of ‘Polders’ were initially formed from scraps or sediment left over from the BAI modules. Developed in the early 2000s, this series represents a breakthrough in Trouvé’s practice, with models reflecting memory and space through unexpected perspectives. The artist transforms everyday spaces, such as offices, into places imbued with memory, questioning our interaction with time and space. Her work, characterized by a diverse use of materials, deeply interrogates the notion of memory and its manifestation in our reality. Trouvé stands out in contemporary art for her ability to concretize abstract concepts into enriching spatial experiences, demonstrating the complexity of human experience.