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John Kannenberg is an artist, researcher, teacher, performer, storyteller, and writer.
He is also Director & Chief Curator of The Museum of Portable Sound.

Giants of Thought™

Giants of Thought™

GIANTS OF THOUGHT™ is an imaginary product line of highly collectible action figures based on famous intellectuals, philosophers, theorists, and writers.

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WAVE 1

WALTER BENJAMIN™
HANNAH ARENDT™
FOUCAULT™
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR™
LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN™

WAVE 2

bell hooks™
DERRIDA™
SUSAN SONTAG™
JUDITH BUTLER™
DELEUZE™ & GUATTARI™ (deluxe collector’s 2-pack!)

WAVE 3

CORNEL WEST™
MIEKE BAL™
NIETZSCHE™
REBECCA SOLNIT™
MARX™ & ENGELS™ (deluxe collector’s 2-pack!)
(BONUS) Festive KARL MARX™

WAVE 4 (in progress)

JAMES BALDWIN™
ABY WARBURG™
EDWARD SAID™
CARL SAGAN™
ANGELA DAVIS™
THICH NHAT HANH™

WAVE 5 (forthcoming)

CHINUA ACHEBE™
JULIA KRISTEVA™
FERNANDO PESSOA™
DONNA HARAWAY™
RUMI™
PAULO FREIRE™

WAVE 6 (forthcoming)

NAGUIB MAHFOUZ™
DJAMILA RIBEIRO™
ACHILLE MBEMBE™
J. KRISHNAMURTI™
MATSUO BASHO™
FRANTZ FANON™

THE ANCIENTS™ SERIES (forthcoming)

ANAXIMANDER™
HYPATIA™
AL-KINDI™
MARCUS AURELIUS™

Although the action figures are imaginary, they are sold as designs printed on t-shirts, dresses, mugs, scarves, notebooks, duvets, etc.

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Portable Gray

Portable Gray

Hearing Enlightenment

Hearing Enlightenment