Many partygoers who attended Amsterdam’s No Art festival this summer will have had the time of their lives – but you wouldn’t be able to tell that from their social media channels.

At the gates of the all-day dance event at the Dutch city’s Flevopark in July, ticket holders were told to drop their smartphones into provided envelopes, with the strict instruction not to retrieve the addictive electronic device until the end of the night.

Organisers Bora Güney and Ruud Boymans came up with their no-phones policy after becoming frustrated with guests recording or livestreaming their shows on the...
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