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You could say this is litter. Or you could say it’s like Dan Flavin teamed up with Andy Goldsworthy.

One of the most solemn PSAs in the public sphere is the often unheeded request at the start of cultural events for members of the audience to turn off their cellphones. The most effective method I’ve witnessed is also the most buzz-killing, except when it can be pulled off with exactly the correct mixture of humor and admonition: when the performers themselves pull out a cellphone from a pocket, raise it high, invite the audience to do the same, and then instruct them to turn it off. As entreaties go, this

Just before the start of the San Francisco Symphony concert I attended this week, a loud voice reminded people to turn off their phones. This is the common approach — a disembodied, non-accusatorial encouragement to do what’s right. As everyone from the CDC to the Fire Marshall to a school teacher can tell you, it generally isn’t the most effective approach. 

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