Daisy Dreams

A Journey to Loverose Way

Sep 09, 2025

Words by Mark Beldan

The journey that Mark Beldan and his cardboard meadow of daisies went on was by pure chance circular; beginning with exhibition ‘Regular Nature’ at gallery Window 135 New Cross, and returning with his show ‘Loverose Way’ in 2025, accompanied at each stage by photographic documentation.

*‘Regular Nature’* shown at Window 135, New Cross, London. March - April 2023

This process began earlier, in autumn 2022 at Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts, Toronto and was punctuated along the way by dance performances by Corali Dance Company.

The title of the show came from returning to a familiar place after a time away.

*‘Regular Nature’* at Window 135, New Cross, London. March - April 2023

I was back in Toronto for three months, the longest I’ve been back to Canada since moving away. While working I noticed asters – asters everywhere. The timing of the flowers tracked almost exactly with my time there, appearing in late summer and turning to seed heads around November.

*‘Les Fleurs’*, The Lounge Project Space, Bow Arts

Claudine, *‘Love is Blue’*. Claudine Longet’s records are so light and easy that they almost tip into strangeness. Almost an impossible dreaminess.

*‘Daisy Dreams’*, Corali at The Place Theatre, London. March 2025

Mark, Bethnal Green Studio & Claudine Longet, ‘Love is Blue’

*‘Loverose Way’*, shown at Window 135, New Cross, London. July 2025

Loverose Way seems to have become an online map placeholder for streets or roads that don’t have a name. Much as lorem ipsum is used by typesetters, and Alan Smithee once directed every disowned film project.