Formed in 1984 around members representing forms of artistic expression as diverse as art, theater, dance, architecture, video and others, showing performance and installation pieces as multimedia art defying the boundaries of existing genres. While based in Kyoto, Dumb Type have repeatedly staged performances outside Japan, and has been collaborating with numerous overseas artists. Main works include "pH" (1990-93), "S " (1992-96), "OR" (1997-99) and "memorandum" (1999-2003).