FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington and Frantasia Productions have joined forces to present the opening day events of the eighth annual “Frantasia Festival of Out Music and Arts.”

The festival will begin on Thursday, Aug. 18, with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. at UMF’s Art Gallery for “Untame Audiovision,” a video-audio installation. The show includes “Frogfields,” a 15-minute experimental video controlled by audio via synthesizer based on footage of frogs at the Brooklyn Zoo; and “Rantdance,” a single channel video-audio piece based on the movements of a pair of cormorants filmed in Ghent, Belgium. The collaborative work was produced by Katherine Liberovskaya and Al Margolis at the Experimental Television Center in Oswego, N.Y.

Visitors may view the exhibit, free of charge, from noon to 4 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 19-20.

Festivities on Aug. 18 will culminate with a concert of experimental music featuring guest artists Audrey Chen of Berlin, Emilie Mouchous of Montreal, Adriana de los Santos of Buenos Aires and Maine’s own Crank Sturgeon. An exploration through improvisation, the concert will be from 7-10 p.m. in UMF’s Alumni Theater.Tickets, $5-7, will be available at the door. For more information, visit www.frantasiafestival.com/press.html.