International Cooperative for Arts, Sciences and Technology
- Reshaping the map of global cultural production towards free, transcontinental creativity
- A decentralized, international cultural cooperative that integrates the authenticity of human thought with modern technologies to empower creators and liberate them from the constraints of the traditional consumer market. Officially registered in France as a non-profit organization under French association law.
Official registration number (RNA): W281010803
Building strong cultural bridges between peoples through our philosophy of collaborative creative production
Developing technical expertise in modern experimental publishing to merge arts and Literature within innovative mediums.
Encyclopedic Framework for the International Cooperative for Arts, Sciences and Technology
Our priorities
The collaborative creative economy finds its deepest theoretical underpinnings in a rejection of the atomistic individualism that has dominated economic thought since the Enlightenment. Instead, it proposes a holistic and interactionist view of human agency, where knowledge and creativity are understood as collective achievements rather than solitary pursuits. This philosophical shift is essential for understanding the association’s mandate to maintain an “encyclopedic scope of action”.
Cultural and creative exchange between peoples
We are always happy to help in any way we can to build cultural and creative bridges between peoples and to support the development of these cultural bridges through our international network of relationships with artists, writers, poets and cultural producers around the world.
Developing a network of research circles
Developing a network of research circles to advance the sciences of the mind and link them to the arts, sciences, and technology..
Establishment of “Open Access” Archiving Platforms
Creating international digital databases making intellectual and literary research accessible to all for free, in order to break the monopoly on knowledge
Exchange of technical expertise in the latest methods of cultural production
We seek to build a network of cooperatives for the exchange of the latest technological means in cultural production, in order to develop a cooperative production model that overcomes the obstacles of traditional cultural industries.
International Events
organizing global literary and artistic events and facilitate cultural exchange agreements to strengthen ties between creators from different countries.
Collaborative Translation-
To implement international literary translation projects based on a collaborative philosophy fostering the free circulation of ideas.
Global
Distribution
modern publishing methods
To develop global distribution mechanisms for books, artworks, and technical knowledge
Supporting unique literary and artistic voices
Providing support for marginalized voices in the global publishing market due to the policies of major corporations.
Sciences of the Mind Surrealism
To identify, share, and disseminate new discoveries in the “Sciences of the Mind” to enrich contemporary surrealist creation.
To promote Surrealism and support the historical and contemporary practices of Surrealism, which is not limited to automatism but extends to all forms of intellectual and material works.
experimental music Arts
To foster progressive artistic expressions, notably the production of experimental hybrid music, sound art (Sound/Poetry),
Providing technical support to creators to develop innovative soundscapes for their works.
Global General Assembly
Instead of a traditional board of directors, this council consists of delegates from specialized circles to avoid power centralization.
Exchange Secretariat
Responsible for managing cultural exchange agreements and coordinating literary and cultural forums.
A critical distinction in this new social ontology is between systems composed of agents following individual adaptive strategies (CAS2) and systems that are adaptive as a whole (CAS1). The collaborative creative economy recognizes that pro-social and cooperative wholes do not automatically emerge from individualistic competition; rather, specific conditions are required for this emergence.The International Cooperative for Arts, Sciences and Technology is designed to facilitate this emergence by removing barriers to coordination and providing shared media for collaboration through “stigmergy”—a process where actions by one member create conditions that enable or reinforce the actions of another. This relational agency allows for the stabilization of patterns of “relational fit,” where the group effectively becomes an agent in its own right, capable of coordinated action.
Creative Evolution
The current model of knowledge construction is often described as unsustainable, dominated by an “oligopoly” of publishers who exploit authors and privilege the Global North. The “Knowledge Commons” approach proposed by the association serves as an antidote to these monopolies. By treating code, design, and scientific knowledge as immaterial resources that are mutualized, the cooperative ensures that innovation is directed toward maximum quality and sustainability rather than planned obsolescence.
We started the journey ten years ago
We are not starting our activity now, but the establishment of this cooperative comes as a result of the continuation and expansion of ten years of fruitful cooperation between free international cooperative production entities that
have successfully implemented this production model.
Each circle operates with total technical and artistic autonomy while respecting the global vision
A Surrealist publishing cooperative for POD-publishing and more, with some taste for Science and Technology
Sulfur Editions is an international i publishing /cultural Cooperative. It is also active in organizing international artistic and literary events. It is also interested in research activities and translation exchange projects on a global level.
Since 2021, we have successfully organized numerous international events in collaboration with esteemed organizations,
The Federal Coordination Council &Board of Directors of I-COAST
Instead of a traditional board of directors, this council consists of delegates from specialized circles to avoid power centralization:
Pierre Petiot
President
Mohsen Elbelasy
Executive Director & Secretary of the Association
Ghadah Kamal
Publishing & Events Director and Treasurer
James Sebor
Board Member and Regional Director for the United States
Federal Secretariat
Activation of coordination offices in strategic cities to ensure a global field presence and the organization of simultaneous international events
Veronica Cabanillas
Board Member and Regional Director for Latin America
Daniel O’Reilly
General Representative of the Cooperative in Spain
Esther Holbrook
General Representative of the Cooperative in Hungary
Rhys Trimble
General Representative of the Cooperative in UK
Federal Secretariat
Activation of coordination offices in strategic cities to ensure a global field presence and the organization of simultaneous international events
Aleks Farrugia
General Representative of the Cooperative in Malta
Jowonder Woodward
General Representative of the Cooperative in England