In memory of the great pioneer of a new film
On June 11, 2026, UNDERDOX will dedicate its half-time event at the Filmmuseum Munich (7 p.m.) to the great thinker and adventurer Alexander Kluge, who passed away in Munich on March 25, 2026.
As recently as 2024, Alexander Kluge was a guest at UNDERDOX, where he presented a compiled program together with the Philipinian ARTIST NOT IN FOCUS KHAVN. Alongside Jean-Luc Godard, Kluge was one of the most experimental and inquisitive filmmakers of our time. With KHAVN, he created unseen film correspondences. One of his final cinematic adventures was devoted to artificial intelligence, through which he revisited his own biography from a new perspective.
We are presenting, for the first time in Munich, the two feature-length films that Kluge created with AI. COSMIC MINIATURES (2024) explores the speed of light, animals of the Milky Way, possibilities of escape, and emergency exits into the cosmos—still far beyond reach today—should the Earth ever perish.
Regarding PRIMITIVE DIVERSITY (2025), Alexander Kluge writes: “Some films from the period 1895–1929 that I love as a filmmaker are counted as part of the tradition of Primitive Diversity. ‘Primitive’ here is not used as a buzzword, but rather—according to the English usage in the Oxford Dictionary—means ‘original,’ ‘early,’ ‘unsophisticated.’ It is about simple diversity. And today, in 2025, it is as essential as our daily bread.”
Currently, one of his last major installations, Ontime/Offtime (2024), is still on view at the Lenbachhaus in Munich. It can be regarded as a summation of Alexander Kluge’s diverse body of work. (As part of Shifting the Silence, on view until January 31, 2027.)
