"Mr Pavlenski denies having committed a criminal offence; he believes that what he has done in this case is art," explains Yassine Bouzrou, Piotr Pavlenski's lawyer, as the trial of the artist and his partner Alexandra de Taddeo begins in Paris, more than three years after the broadcasting of intimate videos that put an end to Benjamin Griveaux's political career. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES