Foreign Names(2012)

Foreign Names Synopsis

Foreign Names focuses on the worker displacement in a compilation of video clips from Aroma, a coffee shop chain. Ben-Ner’s video shows counter staff at the coffee shops yelling nonsensical English “names,” fabricated and given to them by the artist. The texts edited together become a lament of the waiters’ disappearance and the state of workers today.

Foreign Names (2012) is a documentary film directed by Guy Ben Ner, released on January 1, 2012 with a runtime of 5m.