During April there will be a period of research and development on spatial sound in the Red Room where an acousmonium with 24 loudspeakers will be set up. Artists that will work with the Acousmonium during this period are amongst others Ess Beck, Sten-Olof Hellström, David Granström, Kent Olofsson and Katt Hernandez. The period will end with several concerts at the Intonal festival.

Transistor 5 is a month-long festival for contemporary performing arts featuring interdisciplinary work from different artists, institutions and collectives such as Teatr Weimar, Ung Scen Öst, 11th House Collective, Perman, Bongilaj & Horakova Eriksson, Christina Ouzounidis & Kim Hedås, AKT1 (DK) et al.

Halla Steinunn Stefánsdóttir has been the artistic director of Nordic Affect since its inception in 2005. Believing that the exciting things happen "in the connection" Halla Steinunn’s work with the ensemble has been a tour de force when it comes to collaborative relationships with composers, visual artists, and producers. Furthermore she’s brought the spotlight to women’s role in music history, leading to projects such as HÚN/SHE which was broadcast by the European Broadcasting Service in 2015.

With degrees from The Royal Danish Academy of Music and Indiana University School of Music, Halla Steinunn now holds a PhD position in artistic research at Lund University, in a time where the divide between creator and performer is being questioned in theoretical writings and in practice.