Pascal Lièvre
Born in 1963 in Lisieux (14).
Lives and works in Paris.
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Specialising in the diversion of pop music, Pascal Lièvre proceeds an a surgical manner, re-injecting some sense into well-known tunes, always with the intention of provoking revealing collisions. With very limited means, like a whole branch of contemporary young video artists (static shots, hardly any editing, minimal lighting...), the Parisian artist gives his often virulent opinion on the evolution of our societies. This is exactly what we expect of a video-maker today, humour included.

L'axe du mal
Colour video, 5'30, 2003.

The text of Georges W.Bush cited in the newspaper Le Monde "An axis of the devil, armed to scare the preace in the world" is sing over the music of the song "And when the rain begin to fall » firstly interpreted by Jermaine Jackson and Pia Zadora .

Abba Mao
Colour video, 4 min, 2001. Music: Abba "Money, money, money", 1976. Text extracted from Mao Zedong’s little red book, Chapter XXXII Culture and art, 1966.
Special award Retina festival, Hungary, 2002.

Pascal Lièvre lip-synchs to the Abba-Mao song in a very red background, while painting his face with the same colour red.
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I love America
Colour video, 2 min 10, 2002.
Director : Pascal Lièvre.

Five people lip-synch to the song "I love America" (originally sung by Patrick Juvet) in front of the American flag. The music rapidly deteriorates, while the people start disappearing one by one.


Savoir Aimer
Colour video, 1min30, 2004.

A boy's singing the very famous french pop song about love while he's beaten.

Lacan Dalida
Colour video, 6 min, 2000. Director & producer : Pascal Lièvre. Image & sound : Laurent Carton. Music arrangements : Bruno Quintet. Singer : Jérémie Viraye. With the kind permission of Productions Orlando.
awards at the Estavar-Llivia and Vidéoforme festivals.

On the screen, the shadows of a man and a woman sing along to a post-mortem karaoke. A Jacques Lacan text taken from the « Séminaire VII », « Le transfert », is sung over an electronic version of "J’irai mourir sur scène", originally sung by Dalida.