Tabor Robak and Harvey Rayner: from Human Resources to Art Basel Hong Kong

About this episode

Harvey Rayner and Tabor Robak discuss their journey from Human Resources to showcasing at Art Basel Hong Kong.

00:23 - Welcome Harvey Rayner and Tabor Robak 01:40 - Human Resources launch and mint-out 04:44 - Tabor's thoughts post-mint 07:00 - Organic growth, communication and momentum building 09:00 - First reactions: risk, confusion and conceptual clarity 11:00 - Roleplay, identity and embodying PFPs 13:00 - Timing, AI and why the project works now 15:00 - The state of PFP culture and shifting expectations 17:00 - Market dynamics and collecting behaviour 19:00 - Collecting as belief in the artist, n...

People in this episode

Guests: Harvey Rayner, Tabor Robak

Topics covered

• Human Resources
• Art Basel Hong Kong
• PFP culture
• market dynamics
• collecting behavior

Keywords

• Human Resources
• Art Basel
• PFPs
• AI
• collecting
• market dynamics
• organic growth

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Human Resources

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