Paradise

Ken Hollings’ Paradise concludes his three-volume Trash Project trilogy, a personal philosophical exploration of trash aesthetics through a Dantean lens. The final installment reimagines Dante’s Paradiso as a realm of rebellious self-indulgence, examining three historical figures—King Ludwig II of Bavaria, Elvis Presley, and Michael Jackson—as tragic kings who pursued grandiose ideals of beauty and pleasure unto self-destruction and early death. Published by Strange Attractor Press with 352 pages and 30+ illustrations, the work positions excess and waste as poetic, confrontational underground concepts. Hollings, a London-based writer and broadcaster with BBC Radio credits, teaches at major art institutions. The book engages with avant-garde philosophical inquiry into counter-cultural aesthetics, connecting high art (Dante) with pop culture and transgressive excess, appealing to readers interested in subcultural criticism and experimental cultural analysis beyond conventional academic frameworks.

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