Where the Boys Are | Gay Gaze | The Subdivision | Digital Photocollage | 2026
As part of the artistic process, figures found in the Subdivision are pulled from film, social media, and dating apps, then reassembled into new visual realities to affirm gay presence.
This collage draws from all three. The lower left figure comes from the 1960 film Where the Boys Are. The background sequence comes from a social media thirst trap. The lower right figure comes from a dating app. Different decades, different platforms, different intentions — one collage.
Gay men have always placed themselves into the visual record as the moment allowed. These collages collect those moments and hold them in a sacred space.
While “Where the Boys Are” is ostensibly about the search for love, it’s also about an artistic practice mining the digital wealth of male imagery to fill the blanks in that visual record.
— Behan
