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Introduction

The year 2023 has brought devastating wildfires, record-breaking heatwaves and catastrophic floods. These are now felt by everybody, not just the most vulnerable populations who have long been impacted by the climate emergency. Often, we call on technology and innovation for rescue. But in what ways is the rise of technology entangled with the rise of inequality and climate harm?

As we begin to grapple with this question, we are reckoning with the fact that common ways of understanding the climate emergency keep leading to failure. We are in need of establishing new and more equitable ways of knowing what the issues are, where they come from, and how they can be addressed. The *This Is Not A Drill* program is premised on the understanding that art and creative practice are central to this effort.

The 2023 This Is Not A Drill exhibition is part of the *This Is Not A Drill* program at New York University, which is a project of the Future Imagination Fund. The program fosters creative and critical thinking around the intractable social problems that are entangled with the rise of technology and the climate emergency.

This year, the This Is Not A Drill exhibition shows new pieces by the 2023 faculty, student, and community fellows Amanda Belantara, David Brooks, Sharon Lee De La Cruz, andrea haenggi, Briana Jones and Lily Yu, Mary Mark and Dror Margalit, Benedetta Piantella, Yeseul Song, Ana Anu, and Jake Zalav and Cate Byrne.