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{{Construction}}[[File:The Snort.jpg|thumb|The main entrance of the Snort, which faced the path between the Deece and Noyes House.]] | {{Construction}}[[File:The Snort.jpg|thumb|The main entrance of the Snort, which faced the path between the Deece and Noyes House.]] | ||
[[File:3D Scan of the Snort.png|thumb|A 3D scan taken of the Snort Feb 6, 2026]]The '''Snow Fort''' ('''Snort''') was a large quinzhee (snow cave) built by [[User:FaffingFia|Fia Marrison]], Cormac, Etta, Quin, and other friends on the [[Noyes Circle]] in the winter of 2025-2026. In its later stages it contained four chambers and an outdoor courtyard, with various connecting tunnels. | [[File:3D Scan of the Snort.png|thumb|A 3D scan taken of the Snort Feb 6, 2026]]The '''Snow Fort''' ('''Snort''') was a large quinzhee (snow cave) built by [[User:FaffingFia|Fia Marrison]], Cormac, Etta, Quin, and other friends on the [[Noyes Circle]](Nircle) in the winter of 2025-2026. In its later stages it contained four chambers and an outdoor courtyard, with various connecting tunnels. | ||
== Structure == | == Structure == | ||
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Fia also collaborated with two members of the grounds team, Bernardo and Jaime, to plow snow to give the Snort some more life, and to make a small snow structure by the preschool [[Winpfheimer|Wimpfheimer]]. | Fia also collaborated with two members of the grounds team, Bernardo and Jaime, to plow snow to give the Snort some more life, and to make a small snow structure by the preschool [[Winpfheimer|Wimpfheimer]]. | ||
Starting March ? there was a guestbook in the Snort that people could write notes in. It is | Starting March ? there was a guestbook in the Snort that people could write notes in. It is included in this folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1j7c9dL2GSkMwLjVxsq7oWwgfXyc6uA2j | ||
== Documentation == | == Documentation == | ||
=== Media === | === Media === | ||
The Snort was featured on Vassar's socials in | The Snort was featured on Vassar's socials in [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7NQtd_cEzvw a video]. | ||
[[The Miscellany News]] made | [[The Miscellany News]] made [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jDTelj1cio a video] and published [https://miscellanynews.org/2026/02/05/features/building-a-snow-fort-with-a-pan-a-cup-and-a-dream/ an article] on the Snort. | ||
[[File:Snort Journal-6&7.png|left|frameless|322x322px]] | |||
=== Notebook === | === Notebook === | ||
Fia kept a notebook for the duration of the Snort. | Fia kept a notebook for the duration of the Snort. In it they described their building process, drew real and hypothetical maps, wrote about the Snort's meaning and took notes on artistic conversations with others about the Snort. | ||
== Artwork == | == Artwork == | ||
Fia has made many theoretical and representative floor plans of the Snort, and has drawn sketches of the Snort in ballpoint pen. For their Color (Art 108) midterm they made three small chalk pastel drawings on black paper. As their Drawing 1 (Art 103) final they made four large chalk pastel drawings. | Fia has made many theoretical and representative floor plans of the Snort, and has drawn sketches of the Snort in ballpoint pen. For their Color (Art 108) midterm they made three small chalk pastel drawings on black paper. As their Drawing 1 (Art 103) final they made four large chalk pastel drawings. | ||