Re-Visions of Europes?s transnationalism: Invisible State by Aisling Walsh

Córdoba

Simposio; X Simposio de Estudios Irlandeses de América del Sur; 2015

Facultad de Lenguas UNC

Re-Visions of Europes?s transnationalism: Invisible State by Aisling WalshCarballo, Mirian A.Facultad de Lenguas, UNCThe European Union which was born to consolidate the unity of Europe on account of economic and political bonds has accentuated different policies and objectives along the different decades of its existence and, in that process, it has gradually strengthened the ties among the European nations that constitute it. All the same, particularly, it is in the nineties and onwards when the union becomes stronger as a result of some specific Treaties that allow the free circulation of capital, goods, services and people and, consequently, transnationalism gathers momentum and a greater force with the expansion and erasure of national frontiers. In 2004, on the occasion of new incorporations into the EU, the multinational collective film Visions of Europe was released with the contribution of directors from the different European Union members. Irish film director, Aisling Walsh, took part with her short called Invisible State. In line with other non-celebratory short films from Visions of Europe, such as Peter Greenaway?s European Showerbath and Teresa Villaverde?s The Cold Wa(te)r, Invisible State points out the deficiencies of the European transnational project that has shown internal contradictions and has failed, in some respects, to deliver the promises of a broadening of personal and collective horizons. In this work I propose to analyze the construction of transnational subjectivity as it is constructed in Walsh?s short film and will single out its particularities by establishing a dialogue with the other shorts from Visions of Europe already mentioned.