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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I eat too much and I miss my desk, 2026 rewind

mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

last weekend's berlin baduk cup 2026 was a success, and not just for the winners! judging by the feedback, we pulled it off well, and i'm happy and grateful to our team. special thanks go to the korean culture centre berlin for hosting the event!

from the prizegiving ceremony, with the winners of the kpmc qualification tournament:
#1: jonas welticke 6d, #2: arved pittner 6d, #3: adam dottan 4d.
photo by kalli balduin

from the prizegiving ceremony, the winners of the open tournament:
#1: bao yifan 7d, #2: su ke 6d, #3: maekawa kaku 5d.
photo by kalli balduin

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

stories from pyeongyang while waiting for my baduk buddy

"patterns of the heart" by choe myeongik, translated by janet poole, columbia university press 2024. sambe bookmark by p_p_hobbies.

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

pleased to announce the berlin baduk cup 2026! 6–7 june 2026 at the korean culture center berlin. grand prize: participation in the 2026 korean prime minister cup in korea. details and registration: turniere.govb.de/bbc/ #gogame #囲碁 #바둑 #围棋

korean culture center berlin, front entrance

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

ten years ago today, lee sedol lost his first game against alphago #otd #gogame #囲碁 #바둑 #围棋

photo of the live stream of the first google deepmind challenge match between alphago and lee sedol, projected onto a living room wall, including the board situation after move 26 and a shot of lee sedol contemplating how to handle the emerging first battle

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

yim soonrye retrospective in berlin 11–13 feb 2026, 10 am each #koreanfilm capitol cinema in berlin dahlem is showing a mini-retrospective of three works by korean filmmaker yim soonrye: her groundbreaking but hard-to-find debut feature “three friends” (1996), her celebrated follow-up 1/3

three film posters: “three friends”, “waikiki brothers”, “little forest”.
each of them showing a group of people: first the three friends sitting in front of an empty skiy seen from behind, then the four band members walking down an alley, again seen from behind but one of them turning to face the viewer, and lastly a group of three friends sitting and facing the viewer.

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

album of the year (2nd place) "just like any other day (어느날)" by okkyung lee on shelter press

vinyl album leaning against snow-covered balcony railing

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

play the move you want to play. this is my favourite motto as a go player, coined by takemiya masaki, one of the most inspiring players in modern go history. it’s his 75th birthday today. お誕生日おめでとう！ #gogame #囲碁 #바둑 #围棋

Takemiya Masaki: Cosmic Go, translated by Malcolm Schonfield, on top of a go board, pencil next to it. parts of go bowls and a cup also visible.

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

another book gift, from my chinese go friend: a pirated copy of chihyung nam’s groundbreaking go dictionary, a survey of english, japanese, chinese and korean go terminology with illuminating and helpful definitions. with the original edition, which i bought extra #gogame #gameofgo #囲碁 #바둑 #围棋

contemporary go terms: definitions & translations. by chihyung nam. oromedia, 2004

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

한국을 여행한 친구가 준 선물 – 내가 가장 좋아하는 한국 책. 책을 읽는 건 아직도 너무 어렵지만, 열심히 공부할게요!

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

a day, without trouble by hwang jungeun, tr. janet hong klwave.or.kr/klw/magazine...

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

perfect album that came out when i was 16

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

malheureusement, je n'ai encore presque pas fini de livre cet année. peut-être que je lis trop de livres à la fois? ou suis-je devenu un lecteur très lent, ou très paresseux? cette photo a été prise en fèvrier, et je profite toujours du livre qu’elle représente

Anne Wiazemsky: Mon enfant de Berlin, avec un flat white

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

38°C are perfect for finding a free spot outside in a berlin café

Yūko Tsushima: Wildcat Dome, translated by Lisa Hoffman-Kuroda, plus iced latte

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

neighbourhood cat content for you thanks to my friend who always carries cat treats

black cat with white socks, collar and moustache on cobblestone pavement, looking towards camera

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

wish you were here (with the drinks)

table with go board and stones set up on a table in the bar by the landwehrkanal at the northernmost spot in neukölln

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

midijunkies @ joint venture 2.0 @ theater unterm dach, berlin 24 may 2025

two guys with beards wearing caps and glasses making sound with two korg electribe r and assorted other gear. photo by daria goremykina

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

so apparently there’s a midijunkies revival this saturday with one of five short individual sets + joint session, w/ vj + dj support doors 7 start 8 damage 5...15

saturday 24 may 2025 7pm
Theater unterm Dach, Danziger Straße 101, 10405 Berlin

concert
joint-venture 2.0
realtime improvisation electronics

with
Alex Leonard - electronics, sfx
Berit Jung - double bass
Niki Matita - obsolete devices
Midijunkies (Tim Lensenta + multipara) - korg electribes, electronics
Rosanna Lovell - clarinet
VJ Evangeline IRL
DJ Sloush + ZARԻT

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

album of the year vibes from "over under" by secondo on what about never

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

my valentine tells me to elegantly tailor ladies with chocolate

box of cocoa cookies “the chocolat couture" by japanese maker “the tailor”, tagline: “elegantly tailor ladies with chocolate”

not sure how that works but i’ll try my best! 💝

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

late xmas gift from my oldest student friend, bought at the same pottery where we shopped during our student days. the towel is an earlier gift from him; the swiss german name of the fish is the same as that of one of our teachers who died a few years ago. inauguration with sweet chai and oat milk.

teacup with petrol blue inner glaze filled with tea, on a towel with the depiction of a perch.

i love my friends.

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

wrapping up the reading year with the last of these eight stories about curious objects and making art

library of musical instruments, by kim junghyuk, translated by kim so-young, dalkey archive press, 2016. propped up on a bookshelf at café plume, berlin

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

favourite published in 2024 and favourite read in 2024

dd's umbrella, by hwang jungeun, translated by e. yaewon, tilted axis press 2024

woman running in the mountains, by yûko tsushima, translated by geraldine harcourt, new york review books 2022

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

at this point black ran out of stones, no prisoners left to exchange either. the game is nearly finished, and it’s close. who wins and by how much? black to move. 2/2

136 black stones are not quite enough for an entire game! white had about 10 left. (around 160, with about 20 stones missing, still works.)

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

played go with my chinese friend at kame.berlin café. hidden in a corner they have this super old goban with slate and shell stones, but not quite enough of those. 1/2

kame, leibnizstr. 45, berlin-charlottenburg.

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

apple korean language kit, 1996. it came in a box with a set of 3.5 inch floppy disks which i guess i got rid of at some point, but i found the guides and the keyboard stickers! i still remember how excited i was to get it – hard to imagine nowadays.

would have served me well for the master's thesis on korean phonology that i handed in two years earlier, 30 years ago today.

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

the latest and probably last baby from rooty: a burro’s tail, native to veracruz, eastern mexico

young sedum morganianum (or burro’s tail), on moss in a small burgundy pot on the windowsill in front of two postcards with plant pictures. one more succulent, with small, seed-shaped leaves growing on trailing stems.

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

final month at rooty! another baby, the tiniest of all my new housemates: crassula rupestris marnieriana, native to south africa

young crassula rupestris marnieriana, also known as crassula hottentot, with extra size leaves (but still tiny). sitting in a dusky pink pot on a wax n' cats dj slipmat. small, thick, green, heart-shaped leaves growing in pairs opposite each other on long stems.

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

this tiny fellow is a baby copper spoon, native to the south of madagascar. tablespoon (bronze) for size

fledgling kalanchoe orgyalis, also known as copper spoon, sitting on a busy kitchen table next to a pot of chopsticks and tablespoons. the leaves at the end of a short stalk are copper-coloured at the top and silver-coloured at the bottom.

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

one more! when rooty saw the obi i had made for the desert rose, she wrote me little cards for each plant! not sure how best to use them though

small green echeveria in a pot with a little card ‘echeveria’ in front of it, sitting on a pile of records

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

another one! made an obi for the pot because i liked rooty’s handwriting on the wrapping. let’s see if i can get it to flower!

little desert rose in a blue pot with obi saying “desert rose" sitting in the corner of a windowsill

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

new friend in the house. say hello

little haworthia variegata in a pot on desktop between laptop and keyboard

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 20/09/2024

they actually have it on one of their shelves at the café!

"Mille voix" from the original posting lying next to "Mille plateaux" by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari on another table of the same café

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 15/09/2024

tfw your new go player friend points out that the title of the book you're reading will surely be a reference to mille plateaux

spectres IV: mille voix / a thousand voices, edited by françois bonnet and bartolomė sanson, shelter press 2023. with café au lait d'avoine @ café plume

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

the role of felix dueball (1880-1970) in popularizing the game of go outside east asia can hardly be overestimated. as a player and teacher in berlin from 1919, the strongest european player for decades, and highly respected in japan, he was a key figure in the history of go. 1/3

Felix Dueball – Der Pionier des Go-Spiels aus Berlin. Leben, Bilder, Partien, Dokumente. Eine Reminiszenz von Günter Cießow. Brett und Stein Verlag, 2024.

Felix Dueball – The pioneer of the game of go from Berlin. Life, pictures, games, documents. A reminiscence by Günter Cießow. Brett und Stein Verlag, 2024.

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 17/08/2024

space cannibals for breakfast 아침으로 우주 식인종

"your utopia”, by bora chung. translated by anton hur, published by honford star in 2024. (another pretty book made in paju!)

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 01/08/2024

sung-hwa hong’s “Erster Kyu” (“First Kyu”) is a coming-of-age story set in the world of the game of go. it also employs a questionable narrator in order to deal with some uncomfortable aspects of korean culture. 1/2

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mʌɫˈtʰɪpəɹə @multipara.bsky.social · 30/07/2024

these two pretties just in time for #WITMonth !

“years and years" by hwang jungeun, and “wafers" by ha seong-nan.
both translated by janet hong, published by open letter in 2024

(favourite korean author 🥂 favourite korean translator!)

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