Legs On The Wall
THAW

A 2.7-tonne block of ice, a crane, three performers and ten hours— THAW is the
spectacle that becomes a city’s talking point wherever it lands.

  • Humanity on the edge. THAW sees a 2.7-tonne ice form, hung from a crane in a public space, with three artists performing atop it as it gradually melts. Created by Joshua Thomson with an original score by Alaska's Matthew Burtner, it's an inspirational act of endurance backed by unprecedented feats of design and engineering — a potent, urgent metaphor for climate action that reaches across languages and circumstances. There's no time to waste.

  • SPACES AND VIBES
    Site-specific, outdoor, public space. Runs 8–10 hours across a single presentation. Needs a crane and a location with genuine visibility — this is built to stop foot traffic and make news.

    MARKET FIT
    Major festivals and city-scale events chasing a signature, free-to-view moment that generates global media coverage and positions the city as a serious cultural destination.

    THE DATA
    Toured to Portugal and Brisbane, Australia (2026), Luminato Festival Toronto (2025), Greenwich and Docklands Festival London (2024), Antwerp Summer Festival (2024), Nelson Arts Festival NZ (2023), MONA FOMA Tasmania (2022), and Sydney Opera House / Sydney Festival (2022), where its Sydney season made The New York Times.

“It's a confronting spectacle, full of jeopardy, and also hope”
— Dance Magazine UK

"Legs On The Wall ... physical performance ... with an Aussie cultural identity and a fearless bravado ...”— City Hub

wherever THAW has toured, it has become the poster child of the festival, the city and, more than once, the world’s media. Legs On The Wall also build bespoke community activation around each presentation so that there is a local place to channel audience feelings of activism and hope.

Behind the Work — THAW is a site-specific work with a pre-production process that involves the freezing of the 2.7 tonne ice form. If you’re interested, let’s talk through your ideas for where THAW can be staged and how we will work with you to make it happen

More From This Artist — Legs On The Wall also perform Endling, a smaller site-specific piece featuring projection mapping

Want to present ENDLING?