Dumb Type Biography 1984-2004

1984
(founded in Kyoto, JAPAN)
The Admirable Health Method (performance): Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, JAPAN
An Asteroid Addition (performance): Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, JAPAN
Plan For Sleep#1 (performance): Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, JAPAN
Plan For Sleep#2 (performance): Artspace Mumonkan, Kyoto, JAPAN

1985
The Order of The Square (installation, printed matter): 10 Locations in Kyoto, JAPAN
An Encyclopedia For Landscapemanias (performance): Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, JAPAN
Listening Hour #1 (performance, installation, video): Gallery Garden, Kyoto, JAPAN
ListeningHour#2 (performance): The Museum of Modern Art, Shiga, JAPAN
Every Dog Has His Day (performance): Artspace Mumonkan, Kyoto, JAPAN

1986
Plan For Sleep#3 (performance): Orange Room, Osaka, JAPAN
Plan For Sleep#8 (installation, printed matter, symposium): Ryo Gallery, Kyoto, JAPAN
Plan For Sleep #5 (performance): Osaka International Arts Festival, Osaka, JAPAN

1987
Yes, The Salt of Passion-Part 6 (performance, installation, collaboration with Hotel Pro Forma):
Toga International Arts Festival, Toga, JAPAN
036-PleasureLife (performance, video, printed matter): Artspace Mumonkan, Kyoto, JAPAN
SuspenseAndRomance (installation, music concert): Tsukashin Hall, Osaka, JAPAN

1988
PleasureLife (performance):

Quest Hall, Tokyo, JAPAN;
The 1st New York International Festival of The Arts, Performance Space 122, New York, USA;
Theatre im Pumpenhaus, Munster, GERMANY;
ICA, London, UK;
The Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, DENMARK;
ALTI, Kyoto, JAPAN

1989
The Polygonal Journey #1 (performance, collaboration with The Bridgehouse Collection):
Artspace Mumonkan, Kyoto, JAPAN
MediaArtMuseum (art direction, presented by NHK): Quest Hall, Tokyo, JAPAN
The Nutcracker (performance, collaboration with Mika KUROSAWA): Aoyama Round Theater, Tokyo, JAPAN

Play Back (installation, video)

in the exhibition Against Nature:
[1989]
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, USA;
Akron Art Museum, USA;
MIT List Visual Arts Center, USA;
Bank of Boston Art Gallery, USA;
[1990]
Seattle Art Museum, USA;
The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, USA;
Grey Art Gallery, New York University, USA;
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, USA;
[1991]
ICA, Nagoya, JAPAN

1990
The Polygonal Journey #2 (performance, collaboration with The Bridgehouse Collection):
Northern Light Planetarium, Tromso, NORWAY

pH (performance):

Spiral Hall, Tokyo, JAPAN;
Artspace Mumonkan, Kyoto, JAPAN

pH (installation, video, printed matter): Spiral Garden, Tokyo, JAPAN

1991
pH (performance):

Kyoto Municipal Museum of The Arts, Kyoto, JAPAN;
ICA, Nagoya, JAPAN;
Granada Festival, Estadio de la Juventud, Granada, SPAIN;
Art in the Anchorage, Creative Time, New York, USA;
Moda Hall, Osaka, JAPAN;
Chapter, Cardiff, UK;
Tramway, Glasgow, UK

pH (video): WOWOW (Japan Satellite Broadcasting), JAPAN

1992
pH (performance):

Wiener Festwochen, Messepalast, Vienna, AUSTRIA;
Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, SPAIN;
Theater im Pumpenhaus, Munster, GERMANY;
Zones of Love, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, AUSTRALIA

TV--Metropolis--Dumb Type--3000" (produced and broadcasted by Television Espanla, SPAIN)

pH (video):

Sole dOro Award (TTVV-Riccione, ITALY) ;
Best Stage Recording, Studio Adaptation Award (IMZ-Dance Screen 92, GERMANY)

S/N #1 (installation) in the exhibition The Binary Era:

Museum of Ixelles, Bruxelles, BELGIUM;
[1993]
Kunsthalle, Vienna, AUSTRIA

The Enigma of The Late Afternoon (performance, collaboration with Hotel Pro Forma):
Glyptotek Museum, Copenhagen, DENMARK
S/N #2 (installation): Another World, ATM Contemporary Art Gallery, Mito, JAPAN

1993
pH (performance):

Spiral Hall, Tokyo, JAPAN;
Junefestival, Theaterhaus Gessnerallee, Zurich, SWITZERLAND

The Seminar Show For S/N (performance, talk):

Artspace Mumonkan, Kyoto, JAPAN;
Shonandai Culture Center Civic Theater, Fujisawa, JAPAN

pH (video): Video Film Dance Festival, Ljubljana, SLOVENIA
S/N #1 (installation): The 5th Fukui International Video Biennale, Fukui, JAPAN

1994
Love/Sex/Death/Money/Life (installation): Spiral, Tokyo, JAPAN

S/N #1 (installation) in the exhibition Japanese Art After 1945 Scream Against The Sky:

Yokohama Art Museum, Yokohama, JAPAN;
Guggenheim SOHO, New York, USA;
[1995]
MoMA and Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, USA

S/N (performance):

Adelaide Festival, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA;
Muse d'Art Contemporain de Montreal, Montreal, CANADA;
On The Boards, The King Performance Theater, Seattle, USA;
Landmark Hall, Yokohama, JAPAN

pH (video): Video Film Dance Festival, HONG KONG

1995
S/N (CD): Wacoal Art Center, Tokyo, JAPAN

S/N (performance):

Spiral, Tokyo, JAPAN;
VISAS Festival International, Le Manege, La Luna, Maubeuge, FRANCE;
Luxembourg 95: Ville Europeenne de la Culture, Theatre des, LUXEMBOURG;
Cankarjev Dom, Ljubljana, SLOVENIA;
Theater im Pumpenhaus, Halle Munsterland, Munster, GERMANY;
EXIT Festival, Maison des Arts de Creteil, Creteil, FRANCE;
Kunsten Festival des Arts, Theatre Varia, Bruxelles, BELGIUM;
Zrcher Theater Spektakle, Theater Werft, Zurich, SWITZERLAND;
Arhus Festuge, Musikhuset, Arhus, DENMARK;
SPIEL.ART, Muffathalle, Munchen , GERMANY;
Festival Internacional de Artes Cenicas, Teatro Castro Alves, Salvador, BRAZIL;
Festival Internacional de Artes Cenicas, Sesc Anchieta, Sao Paulo, BRAZIL

pH (performance):

VISAS Festival International, Le Manege, La Luna, Maubeuge, FRANCE;
EXIT Festival, Maison des Arts de Creteil, Creteil, FRANCE;
Today's Japan, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, CANADA

Love/Sex/Death/Money/Life (installation):
Fluctuations Fugitives, Espace d'Art Yvonamor Palix, Paris, FRANCE

1996
S/N (performance):

Tokyo Theater Fair 96, Tokyo Geijutsu Gekijo, Tokyo, JAPAN;
ALTI, Kyoto, JAPAN;
Hong Kong Arts Festival, Hong Kong Culture Centre Studio Theatre, HONG KONG;
New Zealand International Festival of the Arts, Shed 1, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND;
Teatro Central, Sevilla, SPAIN;
EXIT Festival, Maison des Arts de Creteil, Creteil, FRANCE

Monkey Business Class (performance, collaboration with Hotel Pro Forma and Diller + Scofidio):

Malmo Musikteater Storan, Malmo, SWEDEN;
Albertslund Music Theatre, Copenhagen, DENMARK

1997
OR (performance):

Festival VIA, Le Manege-Scene Nationale Theatre du Manege, Maubeuge, FRANCE;
EXIT Festival, Maison des Arts de Creteil, Creteil, FRANCE;
Ars Electronica, Design Centre, Linz, AUSTRIA;
Park Tower Hall, Tokyo, JAPAN;
Festival d'Automne a Paris,
Maison des Arts de Creteil, Creteil, FRANCE

Installation OR: NTT InterCommunication Center, Tokyo, JAPAN

OR (concert):

Palermo di Scena, S. Maria Dello Spasimo, Palermo, ITALY;
Kobe Art Village Center, Kobe, JAPAN;
Spiral Hall, Tokyo, JAPAN

1998
Dangerous Visions (concert, collaboration with Art Zoyd + Lille National Orchestra):
Lille, Maubeuge, Creteil, FRANCE
S/N #1 (installation): Voice Gallery, Kyoto, JAPAN

OR (performance):

Julidans, Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS;
EXPO 98 LISBOA, Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon, PORTUGAL;
Zurcher Theater Spektakle, Theater Werft, Zurich, SWITZERLAND;
het pact, de warande stad turnhout, Turnhout, BELGIUM;
BITE 98, Barbican Centre, London, UK;
Kampnagel Theater, Hamburg, GERMANY;
Dansens Hus, Stockholm, SWEDEN

1999
Sweet Memories (working title, performance, public rehearsal):
Festival Studio Video Danse, Theatre Kalliste, Ajaccio, Corsica, FRANCE

OR (performance):

The Museum of Art, Kochi, JAPAN;
Kyoto Arts Festival, Kyoto City North Culture Hall, Kyoto, JAPAN;
Donaufestival, Theaterhaus Alte Sporthalle, Krems, AUSTRIA;
On The Boards, Seattle, USA;
PICA (Portland Institute for Contemporary Art), Portland, USA;
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA;
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA

Love/Sex/Death/Money/Life (installation) in the exhibition Fancy Dance:
Artsonje Museum, Kyongju, KOREA; Artsonje Center, Seoul, KOREA

memorandum (performance):

Festival de danse, Le Manege-Scene Nationale Theatre du Manege, Maubeuge, FRANCE;
Festival d'Automne a Paris, Maison des Arts de Creteil, Creteil, FRANCE;
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, GERMANY;
YSARCA, Teatro Albeniz, Madrid, SPAIN

2000
OR (installation):

Musiques en Scne, Musee d'Art Contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, FRANCE;
Gendai: Japanese Contemporary Art: Between the Body and Space, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, POLAND

memorandum (performance):

Charleroi Danse, Charleroi, BELGIUM;
GRAME + Maison de la Danse, Lyon, FRANCE;
Centre de Developpement Choregraphique+TNT-Theatre de la Cite, Toulouse, FRANCE;
Teatro Central, Sevilla, SPAIN;
Julidans, Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS;
tanz aus japan: international sommerfestival 2000, Tanzhaus NRW, Dsseldorf, GERMANY;
La Batie Festival de Genve, Batiment des Forces Motrices, Geneve, SWITZERLAND;
The Museum of Art, Kochi, JAPAN;
New National Theatre, Tokyo, JAPAN;
Theater Drama City, Osaka, JAPAN

cascade (installation & performance): Stanze e Segreti, Salone del Mobile, Milano, ITALY
Love/Sex/Death/Money/Life (installation): vision.ruhr, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, GERMANY

2001
cascade (installation & performance):
Translated Acts: Performance and Body Art from East Asia, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, GERMANY

2002
memorandum (performance):

New Opera of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, ISRAEL;
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA;
On The Boards, Seattle, USA;
PICA (Portland Institute for Contemporary Art), Portland, USA;
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA;
Festival ART ROCK, La Passerelle, St Brieuc, FRANCE;
Maison des Arts de Creteil, Creteil, FRANCE;
Singapore Arts Festival, Victoria Theatre, SINGAPORE;
Istana Budaya+The Japan Foundation Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA

OR (installation): Ecole superieure des beaux-arts, Toulouse, FRANCE

Voyage (performance):

Centre de Dveloppement Choregraphique+TNT-Theatre de la Cite, Toulouse, FRANCE;
Le Parvis, Ibos-Tarbes, FRANCE;
Saitama Arts Theater, Saitama, JAPAN;
Theater Drama City, Osaka, JAPAN

2003
Voyage(performance):

Deutsches Nationaltheater & Staatskapelle Weimar, weimar, Germany;
Biwako Hall, Shiga, Japan;
The Roy and Edona Disney/CalArts Theater, Los Angeles, USA;
Maison des Arts de Creteil, Creteil, FRANCE;

memorandum(performance):

Modafe 2003, Seoul, Koria;
Teatro Piccolo Arsenale, 50th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy;
Play house, Bangkok, Thailand;
The Forum Melbourne, Melbourne International Arts Festival, Melbourne, Australia;
The Roy and Edona Disney_CalArts Theater, Los Angeles, USA;
Byham Theater, Pittsburgh, USA;

OR Installation (Installation): Lille 2004, Lille, France

LOVERS_Teiji Furuhashi Installation (Installation): Lille 2004, Lille, France

Frost Frames_Shiro Takatani Installation (Installation): Lille 2004, Lille, France

2004
Voyages (Installation):

Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media, Yamaguchi, Japan;

Voyage (performance):

Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media, Yamaguchi, Japan;
Novel Hall, Taipei, Taiwan;

OR Installation (Installation): Lille 2004, Lille, France

LOVERS_Teiji Furuhashi Installation (Installation): Lille 2004, Lille, France

Frost Frames_Shiro Takatani Installation (Installation): Lille 2004, Lille, France

This text make reference to ICC CATALOG "dumb type Voyages" (NTT Publishing Co., Ltd)
Special thanks to Kazuya Kondo