On April 26th, 2026 Annabel Turrado restaged her performance, Raspado (Abolir ICE / Abolish ICE), at the Closing Reception for Pushing the Frame: Willful Transgressions at Westlab + Gallery.

In this performance, Turrado enacts a physical translation of abolishing ICE, during which she scrapes away at a 50+lb block of ice for nearly three hours. A painfully clairvoyant work, this piece was first performed in 2021 in response ICE’s violence against children and families, particularly impacting Latinx communities, atrocities which have become dramatically more pervasive under the current administration. Turrado’s piece was also featured in the MexiCali Biennial in 2023.

Staging this piece in a new context, “Raspado (Abolir ICE / Abolish ICE),” grows the call against the despotic organization into a bicoastal stand, bridging two significant cities that would not exist without their critical Latinx communities: LA and NYC.

With the intention of greater future activation of this work, Shrey Mendiratta filmed the performance on 16mm and captured field recordings. These collected materials will be edited as a collaboration between Turrado and Mendiratta to premiere later this year.