A square shape cut out of the cover undergoes a choreographed metamorphosis similar to the experience of travelling through space, as the shape of the cut-out is altered in ever more elaborate ways on each page. A formal and technical study of the evolving interactions of ink, blade, and paper–and, at the same time, an abstract autobiographical narrative–this book approximates a sequel to Barrow’s popular Tagore Nagar (1992). “‘Apollo’s Stage’ is a remarkable bookwork, because it has a sewn binding and each page is cut by hand and is manipulated. This book, therefore, is handmade but a bargain at any price, but especially this one. Printed black on buff paper, the illustrations, sometimes direct, sometimes abstract, become interlaced playing one upon the other. A treasure.“ –Umbrella 20, no.2, 1997.