This postcard was found inside an envelope left on the seat of a small, wooden observation hut at the top of a hill next to the sea front at Aberdovey. (A seaside town U.K) The words 'Not all of us are real.' were written in red ink on the front of the envelope. The following is written on the card that the man in the picture is holding;

23rd May
Welcome to Walter
of Beri Benrith
on his 50th birthday.

The card was found on 23rd May 1987.

In the same way that the picture and its obscure references are intrinsically fascinating, The Angel Harris Collection aims to celebrate the material evidence that the combination of our consciousness and interaction with other individuals generates.

The Angel Harris Collection exists to display the objects, ideas and tastes that make us the individuals we are - that make us real.

What is the Angel Harris Collection?

The Angel Harris Collection is a unique collection of ideas, creative works and objects submitted by the general public. The Angel Harris Collection was designed to work as a curiosity device; both feeding the curiosities and collecting submissions from those that engage with it. In the same way that a poignant paragraph can cause a reader to invent for himself or herself an imagined world, the collection's exhibits act like metaphors stimulating its audience to consider the fine threads that connect us as human beings.

How does the Angel Harris Collection Work?

The audience and contributors to the collection are attracted by the distribution of business cards displaying the address of the site: www.angelharriscollection.8m.com. The cards are left in between the pages of public library books, on public benches, atop the display cases of museums and galleries and a myriad of places where they are discovered and kept by those that they interest. (For a comprehensive diary of this promotional work please visit the promotions page in the collections office.)There are no fixed rules relevant to making submissions, all that is asked is that submissions are made as rich as possible. Submissions deemed potentially offensive are stored inside 'the bin', which is kept inside the 'repository'.

The Web Site Explained.

The web site comprises: ·

The body of the collection, which houses the twenty categories and their respective exhibits.

·The office, which houses the shop, the sites repository, the diary of the business card promotional work and a record of comments submitted to the collection.