“If you were ever a child of Brodas, you remain one for life.” V. K.

Vytautas Kernagis (1951–2008), an actor, pioneer of sung poetry in Lithuania, composer and performer, director of events and television host, referred to himself simply as an artist. The root of the Kernagis phenomenon is the multi-layered nature of his personality and talent. In his work, everyone finds something that resonates personally. Kernagis brought meaning and quality to creative fields that, during the Soviet period, had been marginalised or trivialised. He succeeded in reshaping attitudes towards sung poetry and light music, and in creating an innovative, intellectually engaging persona as an event director and host.

The beginning of Kernagis’ creative story is inseparable from the legendary Vilnius Brodas, then Lenin Avenue and today Gediminas Avenue. In the 1960s and 1970s, this was a gathering place for hippie-minded, creative, free-thinking young people. For almost thirty years, Kernagis lived near Brodas, on Kaštonų Street, then called Zigmo Angariečio Street. His room in his parents’ apartment became the epicentre of Kernagis’ life and work, and of this exhibition. The exhibition’s main themes revolve around the reconstructed Kernagis’ room: Brodas, life on stage, including the cabaret Tarp girnų, Dainos teatras, the events he directed and hosted, television shows launched at the beginning of Independence, travel, and humour.

Kuratorė / Curator: 
Algė Gudaitytė

Parodos scenografija / Set design: 
Gintaras Makarevičius

Grafinis dizainas / Graphic design: 
Milda Šiulytė

Koordinatorius / Coordinator:
Kęstutis Gerliakas

Operatorius ir montažo režisierius / Cinematographer and film editor: 
Gediminas Lapė

Sienų tapyba / Wall paintings:
Patricija Bluj-Stodulska
Jurga Barilaitė

Interaktyvūs elementai / Interactive elements: 
Eisvina Jurkevičiūtė
Živilė Miežytė
Marija Vaicekauskaitė

Vertėjai / Translators: 
E-vertimai

Redaktoriai / Editors: 
Joseph Everatt, Gemma Lloyd (EN)
Dangė Vitkienė (LT)

Garso ir vaizdo gidų balsai ir veidai / Voices and faces of audio and video guides: 
Agnė Šimkūnaitė (LT)
Andrius Baranovas, Mantas Radavičius (gestų kalba / sign language)

Technikai / Technicians: 
Norvydas Birulis
Darius Kančys
Stanislovas Lučunas
Kazimieras Sližys
Vadim Šamkov
Spaudos idėjos

Partneriai / Partners:
Baltisches Haus
Kernagis Bar
Lietuvos kultūros taryba
LIMIS
Scenos techninis servisas
Vilniaus miesto savivaldybė
Vytauto Kernagio fondas

Eksponatus parodai skolino / Items were lent for the exhibition by:
Vytauto Kernagio šeima
Algimantas Mikutėnas
Rūta Oginskaitė
Vygintas Prebergas
Romanas Raulynaitis
Martynas Stanionis
Andrius Žibikas

Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas
LRT archyvai
Nacionalinis Mikalojus Konstantino Čiurlionio dailės muziejus
RIR Prop House
TV3
Vytauto Kernagio fondas

Jeigu nenurodyta kitaip, eksponatai yra iš Vilniaus miesto muziejaus rinkinio. / Unless otherwise stated, all exhibits are from the collection of the Vilnius City Museum.

Prisiminti Vytautą Kernagį mums padėjo jo artimieji, draugai ir kolegos. Esame dėkingi jiems ir joms už interviu! / Relatives, friends and colleagues of Vytautas Kernagis helped us remember him. We are grateful for their interviews! 
Ilona Balsytė
Norvydas Birulis
Izolda Keidošiūtė
Dalia Kernagienė
Rasa Kernagytė-Jaraminienė
Eugenijus Laurinaitis
Zina Nutautaitė
Rūta Oginskaitė
Saulius Pilinkus
Sigitas Račkys
Andrius Žibikas 

Dėkojame / Special thanks to: 
Rokas Bagdonas, Agnietė Baltramonaitytė, Alexandra Bondarev, Vytautas Budziejus, Taisija Burtovaja, Jurga Dovydėnaitė, Saulius Galdikas, Akvilė Gelžinytė, Adomas Juška, Auksė Kaminskaitė, Jūratė Katilienė, Dalia Kernagienė, Vytautas Kernagis jaun., Eglė Kernagytė, Eugenijus Kovalevskis, Žanas Leskauskas, Artūras Liutostanskis, Vilius Mateika, Rimantas Oičenko, Saulius Paukštys, Gintautas Rimeikis, Saulius Serafinas, Kornelijus Stučkus, Mantas Toločka, Paulius Večeris, Lietuvos Atgaja