Choice Bubble was made by the creative collective STUDIO ALIGHT, which consists of Samantha Hookway, Fredrik Garneij and Christofer Kanljung. This audio sculpture was part of the group show of other visual and non-performance works placed within the 2019 Way Out West festival’s grounds. The work is described via the studio’s website as: ”Bubbles surround us. Our minds make them, the system envelopes us in them, our friends create them, and our enemies use them against us. These bubbles, the ones that, at times, surround us in ways beyond our control, are, also, opportunities to reflect on how we each individually have the power to choose. Thus, this audio sculpture alights a moment of singular or small group reflection on the power we each hold to make choices.” Choice Bubble is a sculptural installation consisting of two directional speakers, framed by two over-sized owl houses. The speakers are pointed to a small area whereas the audio is heard in about 2m x 2m area. This area is between other vendors and was designed to be a brief reflective interruption while walking up to one of the stages in the festival. The audio was made by making a two-channeled dialog bouncing onto the path from two sides. The voices used were trained with deep-learning techniques and in particular, the Amazon Polly catalog of voices. The script, played out via the two audio streams became a constantly-evolving stream of conscious reflection. The audio’s script was derived by taking the “Let’s Hear it from the Crowd” campaign poster’s copy text to life via spoken word. The audio text was also sourced from different attitudes revealed about the use of drugs at festivals found in forums online, and then, on top of those forums, a greater reflection of what is a safe “bubble” was exposed in the work. Bubbles of our social medias, bubbles of our political views, bubbles of our social constructions and bubbles of our biases all became active within the spoken arguments performed by two-sided speakers. This audio sculpture was part of the group show of other visual and non-performance works placed within the musical festival’s grounds. Documentation of the piece and how it interacted within the campaign can be seen at this link. Feedback from both Way Out West’s staff and the collaborators of the “Let’s Hear it from the Crowd” campaign was positive to the 2019 piece and even there is a hint towards work in 2020. Hence, after exhibiting this piece at Way Out West 2019, STUDIO ALIGHT has entered into discussions about joining SvenskLive’s Campaign in 2020 which includes Way Out West 2020 and possibly other festivals. Amazon Web Services. (2019). Amazon Polly – Text to Speech in 47 Voices and 24 Languages | Amazon Web Services. [online] Available at: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/polly-text-to-speech-in- 47-voices-and-24-languages/ [Accessed 5 Dec. 2019].