Counteragent Adam Lehrer on Addiction and Crypto-Transgression

<p><a href="https://www.adamlehrer.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Adam Lehrer</strong></a> is a writer and an artist living in New York. He is the founder and co-host of the <a href="https://www.patreon.com/systemofsystems?fan_landing=true" target="_blank"><strong>System of Systems</strong></a><a href="https://www.patreon.com/systemofsystems"> </a>podcast, and the founder and curator of the <a href="https://safetypropaganda.substack.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Safety Propaganda</strong></a> collaborative media platform. <em>Communions </em>is Adam's debut book - out now from <a href="https://www.hyperideanpress.com/books" target="_blank">Hyperidean Press</a>.</p> <p><em><strong>Communions</strong></em>: Channeling hallucinated versions of dead artists and junkies, these fragments access the uncanny allure of shared experience. Elements of speculative fiction, criticism and encrypted auto-biography merge to form a disconcerting portrait of the artist as addict. Neither denunciation nor valorization, <em>Communions</em> is an attempt to probe the haunting singularity of opiate addiction and its ineradicable influence on art and culture.</p> <p>As a writer, Lehrer covers topics such as contemporary art, horror fiction, noise and experimental music, cinema, and left politics.</p> <p>David and I talk about the Truman Show in the intro. Interview starts at 19:25.</p> <p>Follow us on social at:</p> <p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/WakeIslandPod" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@WakeIslandPod&nbsp;</a></p> <p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wakeislandpod/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@wakeislandpod</a></p> <p>David's Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/raviddice" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@raviddice</a></p> <p>System of System Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/SystemofSystem3" target="_blank">@SystemofSystem3</a></p> <p>Safety Propaganda Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/safetypropagan1" target="_blank">@SafetyPropagan1</a></p> <p>Safety