"I see my work as both a genuine expression of beauty, and a relentless reminder of the temporal nature of that experience. My notion of beauty involves an oscillation between moments of childlike wonder and an absurd elevation of the mundane."

In both her non-narrative video works and object pieces Dee Meaden employs simple tricks and techniques to bestow everyday objects with a special talent or magical presence. From a skipping rope that self-rotates, to a rocking chair that rocks itself whilst emitting vanilla scented steam, to a ladder that draws its legs up and down, mundane household objects have been mechanised to reach the level of entertainment.

'This Moment' (2000) is the final piece in the series of 'entertainment objects'. It has been installed in a store room at the back of the crypt. Amongst a sea of neglected objects, a cardboard box sits ridiculously atop a grand plinth. Accompanied by a whirring hum, the box suddenly levitates a few centimetres off the ground. After rotating in mid-air, it returns clumsily to the plinth and is still for a minute or two, until it has conserved enough energy to perform again. Dee states of this piece: "whilst managing to create a moment of genuine wonder or beauty, it simultaneously renders itself useless in terms of function."

After completing her MA at Chelsea in 1996, Dee won the Bayer Earth Award.