UAO to conduct a record-breaking attempt with Project SMILE’s photo mosaic

The University Advancement Office (UAO) plans to break the current record of the largest photo mosaic in the Philippines through the launching of “Project SMILE: Sharing, Making it a Lasallian Experience.”

The photo mosaic project will coincide with the celebration of the University’s 30th Pearl Anniversary on the Feast Day of St. La Salle, May 15, 2018, at the DLSU-D Grandstand.

UAO Director Marco Polo said that the photo mosaic project will be converted into a digital format to be printer and exhibited using a huge tarpaulin highlighting the image of St. John Baptist De La Salle, the emblem of DLSU-D, and the University’s tagline “Creating Possibilities.”

Regarding the size of the photo mosaic project, Polo mentioned, “The photo mosaic will have massive proportions and the target area will be at least 5,000 square meters (100 m x 50 m).”

He furthered that due to the size of the photo mosaic, the project will be unveiled at the Grandstand. “Imagine mo ‘yong façade ng Grandstand, that will be the whole, it’s like the big billboard, doon siya iu-unveil,” Polo explained.

The project will require at least 50,000 photos with the minimum size of 8R to break the Philippines’ record of the late President Corazon Aquino’s photo mosaic in 2010. The guidelines set by the UAO for photographs to be donated include good quality and resolution, as well as ethical and inoffensive content.

Polo furthered that individuals planning to donate are to pay a ₱20 fee for every photograph donated to the project. The accumulated cash that will be raised from the project will be given to the One La Salle Scholarship fund.

Following the completion of the campaign, Polo discussed that portions of the mosaic will be displayed in strategic locations in campus and other portions of the tarpaulin will be recycled into bags, tents, and other functional items for the Lasallian community.

“(Bro. Gus) is aware of the project that we intend to do and he supports it, and that is why he has given some inputs [for SMILE], ” Polo shared.

As to why the photo mosaic project was named “SMILE”, Polo explained that its acronym, “Sharing, Making it a Lasallian Experience,” embodies the goal of the campaign. “As a person shares a picture of happiness, he/she is also spreading joyfulness through giving something to the projects of the university,” he elaborated.

The “SMILE” project will also be co-organized alongside college councils, Recognized Student Organizations (RSO), Council of Students Organization (CSO) and the University Student Council (USC).