And though student visual artists have not organized a structured political effort, protest art may find its place in upcoming shows.

Both student and professional artists will participate in a one-night-only show on April 19 in the Adams House ArtSpace.

The show, “Better Homes and Guardians,” will take on homeland security and focus on survelliance and the household.

None of the artwork is up yet, but co-curator Gordon—who became interested in political art after her involvement in humanitarian projects in Afghanistan—says she has received submissions from both visual artists and writers.

“We were trying to captialize on the strengh of the student body, which is writing,” Gordon said of the more than 40 pages of poetry and first-person writing that will be in the show.

One non-textual piece she described was a sculpture—a music box that will translate “letter by letter” the state of the union address into musical notes, which would play from within a pillow.

“My own aesthetic preference is this carnival atmosphere,” she said. “It is a good release when you are very, very depressed about things.”

—Staff writer Alexandra N. Atiya can be reached at atiya@fas.harvard.edu.

—Staff writer Stephanie E. Butler can be reached at sbutler@fas.harvard.edu.