In a performative endorsement that few saw coming but that somehow feels inevitable in Los Angeles, performance art icon Marina Abramović has publicly endorsed reality television personality, crystal entrepreneur, and mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt in his bid for Los Angeles City Hall.
The announcement arrived Thursday evening through a nine-minute video performance filmed inside a monumental installation of suspended selenite crystals. Abramović stood motionless beneath the glowing structure while Pratt, dressed entirely in black and carrying a quartz cluster roughly the size of a small dog, slowly circled the artist before concluding with the declaration: “The city must raise its vibration.”
Within hours, the video had accumulated millions of views across social media platforms and sparked immediate debate across both the art world and local political circles.
“Spencer is more than a friend,” Abramović said in a statement accompanying the performance. “He is my crystal supplier for life. His energy is clear. His intentions are pure. In difficult times, one must choose collaborators carefully. I choose Spencer.”
From Fire to City Hall
The endorsement comes less than a year after Pratt and his family lost their Pacific Palisades home in the devastating Los Angeles fires of early 2025. The blaze destroyed thousands of homes and put irreplaceable cultural treasures at risk, including private art collections and nearby institutions. The Getty Center was forced to close as winds and flames edged dangerously close to the hilltop campus.
Pratt says the experience changed the course of his life.
“We watched our home burn while systems failed everywhere—warnings didn’t come, resources didn’t show up, and corruption got in the way of common sense,” Pratt said in a statement. “I’m running for mayor because I love this city and I’m done watching it be run by people who don’t.”
Pratt’s platform focuses on government transparency, disaster preparedness, homelessness solutions, and what he calls “ending the pay-to-play culture” that has corrupted city hall.
“Los Angeles is incredible,” he said. “But it’s also broken. I want to bring accountability, protect our communities, our cultural institutions, and our future. This city deserves better.”
His campaign videos often blend earnest policy proposals with spiritual language and crystal motifs. One recent ad shows Pratt meditating on a beach at sunrise, holding a smoky quartz and speaking about “energetic reset.”
A Match Made in the Metaphysical?
The relationship between the two reportedly began several years ago through mutual friends in the art and wellness communities. Pratt has supplied crystals for private gatherings attended by artists, collectors, musicians, and tech founders.
One attendee described the events as “somewhere between a collector dinner, a healing ceremony, and a startup pitch.”
For Abramović, the endorsement is about more than politics.
“This is about frequency,” she said. “A city is a body. It can be sick. It can be healed.”
Whether the endorsement ultimately affects the election remains unclear. But in a city still recovering from fire, inequality, and institutional mistrust, the fusion of art, celebrity, spirituality, and political rebellion may be exactly the kind of spark Los Angeles didn’t know it needed.