xg | THE CORE JAPAN

2026. show direction, creative producing, production design, lighting design, video content, technical direction, programming.

Following the release of XG's first full-length album, loudbox — the collective formed by JAW Studio and FragmentNine — conceived, designed, and executed an extravagant "spaceship" for The Core Tour, echoing the scale and evocative themes of their music. Jason Ardizzone-West led creative direction and production design, shaping the physical world the show lives inside, while FragmentNine (Jeremy Lechterman on show direction and lighting, Jackson Gallagher on video design, Michael Hankowsky on notch and technical direction) brought that world to life.

Credits

• executive producer | XG
• creative direction & production design | jason ardizzone-west
• show direction & lighting design | jeremy lechterman
• video design | jackson gallagher
• notch & technical direction | michael 'hank' hankowsky
• associate designers | emma antenen, sean sanford, andrew gange
• lighting programming | alex talbot
• video programming | sydney asselin
• art direction | ally munro & pablo becket
• animation | ally munro, pablo becket, alex campbell, lily castellanos, bright raven, sam suyko
• creative producer | shoko mitsui, john lewis, kaila hill
• choreography | sienna lalau
• performance director | diaskai