interview and portraits by OLIVIER ZAHM her funny porcelain and stoneware sculptures sprouting body parts capture the uncanny surrealness of life OLIVIER ZAHM — Is it inspiring being in Brooklyn? GENESIS BELANGER — I think at some point it was inspiring, but it’s not the same city. It’s become really basic. OLIVIER ZAHM — [Laughs] Do you mean it’s losing its poetry? Or mystery? GENESIS BELANGER — Yeah, and its grit. I used to walk around and be inspired by everyone I saw in the street and be like, “Oh, wow — I bet I’d love to have a conversation with that person.” And now I walk around, and I’m like, “I have nothing in common with these people.” [Laughs] OLIVIER ZAHM — We’re doing an issue about the brain, about the way we filter information today and see the world. So, I’ve come to try to understand how you…