Berta Cáceres
Luisa Capetillo
Mary Lee Berners
Michele Wallace
Michele Wallace
Editorial portraits for the first issue of Bastarda. Intellectuals and activists.
With invisibility as criteria, Bastarda aims to be a collection of short biographies of women who, despite contributing immensely to society throughout their lives, were considered the bastards of history. Intellectuals and social organisers, factory workers or even pirates, as well as associations and groups whose historiography did not allow for the uniqueness of their members to stand out
Bastarda is a self-published project of Rita Luís — Researcher at the Institute of Contemporary History of the University of Lisbon — and Sara Silva Santos — Designer and co-founder of our graphic design studio Workship — two women reflecting on issues of invisibility, history, and who gets to write it and how
Foreseeing a collection, the editorial concept of each issue is also meant to give visibility to a different female illustrator. In the first issue, Marina Muñoz García gave life to more than 15 portraits through a combination of fleeting lines and color stains that expressively integrate three inks: blue, yellow and fluorine coral.
The zine is printed in risography, an eco-friendly printing system of vibrant spot colors. Risograph prints look like a cross between serigraphy and photocopies
Available at www.bastarda.org
Text courtesy of Bastarda's team from their website,