A fog will descend on Esplanade Bridge and aliens will hang from the roof of City Hall when the Singapore Biennale 2008 begins on Sept 11.

These are among the artworks that will go on show in the two-month-long contemporary art show, which started in 2006.

The fog sculpture accompanied by lights by Japanese artist Fujiko Nakaya and the aliens, made of fibreglass, which are part of Filipino artist Leeroy New's installation, are among the highlights at this year's biennale.

Over 70 artworks will be on display at three main venues - the Central Promontory Site in the Marina Bay area, City Hall and the South Beach Development along Beach Road.

All in, 66 artists from 36 countries will be showing their work here.

Artistic director Fumio Nanjo (Japan) and co-curators Joselina Cruz from the Philippines and Singaporean Matthew Ngui handpicked each work to inspire wonder, the theme of the show.

On this page and the next, Life! highlights 10 artworks not to be missed:

1 Manas (Utopian City)
By Ilya, 75, and Emilia Kabakov, 63 (Russia/Ukraine/US)
Where: Central Promontory Site
What: This installation is patterned after revolutionary utopic architecture and shows a city in northern Tibet, complete with intricate models of mountain observatories.

2 Evolutional Mythology
By Han Jong-Gun, 37 (South Korea)
Where: City Hall
What: The artist has created gourds that resemble human faces. He planted the seeds and nurtured the saplings. When they bore fruit, he shaped them with his hands every day until they resembled human faces, some happy, some angry and others sad. He says growing the gourds was his way of communicating with nature.

3 Between You And I
By Anthony McCall, 62 (UK/US)
Where: Central Promontory Site
What: Between You And I is a light installation based on two 10m-tall standing forms of solid light in a darkened space, and visitors can walk through them.

4 Tropicana
By Taiwanese artist E.Chen
Where: City Hall
What: It looks like real ivy and flowers. Step closer and you will come face to face with lots of woollen yarn. In another work, the artist will feature large saguaro cactuses - all woven from yarn. His uncannily real works are guaranteed to be a hit with knitters.

5 Peace Is A Prerequisite For Happiness My Little People, Let's Live In Peace! Oh, My Dear!
By Aktan Abdykalykov, 51 (Kyrgyzstan)
Where: South Beach Development
What: These short films were shown over the Kyrgyz national television network, and have themes such as living peacefully together.

6 Location (6)
By Hans Op de Beeck, 39 (Belgium)
Where: Central Promontory Site
What: This installation promises to transport visitors to a vast snowy landscape through the use of mixed media, mist and artificial light. The viewer sees the landscape from an observatory that is reached via a long narrow corridor.

7 Address (Project: Another Country)
By Alfredo Juan Aquilizan, 46 & Maria Isabel Aquilizan, 43 (Philippines/Australia)
Where: South Beach Development
What: This installation is assembled from objects found in balkbayan, the cardbord boxes full of clothes, electronic goods and other treats that overseas Filipinos send back home to their loved ones.

8 Fog Sculpture #48687 'Noontide'
By Fujiko Nakaya, 75 (Japan)
Where: Esplanade Bridge
What: A walk through fog in Singapore? Yes, this sculptural installation promises just that. The Tokyo-based artist created the world's first artificial fog sculpture 38 years ago at Expo 70 in Osaka, Japan, as a way to build awareness about the environment. Since then, her fog sculptures have travelled around the world. Fog, she says, is one way of drawing attention to climate change and issues such as global warming.

9 Teratoma II: Digmaan Ng Mga Mundo (Teratoma II: War Of The Worlds)
By Leeroy New, 22 (Philippines)
Where: City Hall
What: The aliens look set to strike in this site-specific installation created using fibreglass, steel and paint.

10 D.84 Little Guilin & D.85 Little Guilin
By Gary Carsley, 51 (Australia/Netherlands)
Where: City Hall
What: The artist transforms everyday wardrobes and cupboards from Ikea by creating veneers that depict parks. Visitors open the cupboards and are immediately transported into different landscapes.