Benaki initiative invites citizens to capture 'One-Minute Athens'

The historians of the future will have to carefully examine this new wave of interest in Athens - or is it love? The trend was perhaps sparked by the country's financial crisis and the ensuing urban decay, but it cannot be denied that rejection is not the only reaction to the Greek capital. In fact, a new interpretation has surfaced.

This new interpretation has been facilitated by image-sharing on social media. However, this proliferation of imagery is most probably the result of the renewed interest, and not the cause, and it is mostly based on young people.

Now a new initiative launched by the Benaki Museum seeks to engage the fresh reservoir of Athenians who live in and explore the capital. The idea behind the initiative was inspired by the museum's Modern Greek Architecture Archives (MGAA), which contain mostly unknown treasures.

The archives...