Black Pots, 2017 Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Photo: Tom Lindboe

Black Pots, 2017 (detail) Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Photo: Edd Horder

Black Pots, 2017 (detail) Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Photo: Tom Lindboe

in (JIHAD) time, 2014 Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Text: U.S. government document Photo: Edd Horder

XX 7, 2013–15 Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Text: U.S. government document Photo: Jack Hems

Shifting to Softer Targets, 2014–15; ENCLOSURE 3, 2017 Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Texts: U.S. government documents Photo: Tom Lindboe

TOP SECRET 25, 2012 Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Text: U.S. government document Photo: Tom Lindboe

we are very happy, 2014 Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Text: U.S. government document Photo: Tom Lindboe

The behavior, 2013 Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Text: U.S. government document Photo: Tom Lindboe

8, 2012 Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Text: U.S. government document Photo: Tom Lindboe

water mixed with snow, 2012–13 Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Text: U.S. government document Photo: Tom Lindboe

Question Answer, 2014; SECRET 9, 2017 Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Texts: U.S. government documents Photo: Studio8

X CONCLUSION, 2014; After my transfer, 2014 Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Texts: U.S. government documents Photo: Edd Horder

Small Left Hand 0147-03 blue white, 2009 Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Texts: U.S. government documents Photo: Tom Lindboe

Attention grasp, 2017 Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Text: U.S. government document Photo: Studio8

Great Table, 2017 Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Photo: Tom Lindboe

Great Table, 2017 (detail) Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Photo: Tom Lindboe

Cabinets, 2017 (detail) Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Photo: Tom Lindboe

THERE WAS A SOLDIER, 2017 Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Text: Interviews with current and former members of the British military, © 2017 by the Not Forgotten Association. Used with permission of the Not Forgotten Association. Photo: Tom Lindboe

THERE WAS A SOLDIER, 2017 (detail) Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Text: Interviews with current and former members of the British military, © 2017 by the Not Forgotten Association. Used with permission of the Not Forgotten Association. Photo: Tom Lindboe

For Blenheim, 2017 Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Text: Interviews with current and former members of the British military, © 2017 by the Not Forgotten Association. Used with permission of the Not Forgotten Association. Photo: Tom Lindboe

For Blenheim, 2017 Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Text: Interviews with current and former members of the British military, © 2017 by the Not Forgotten Association. Used with permission of the Not Forgotten Association. Photo: Studio8

For Blenheim, 2017 (detail) Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Text: Interviews with current and former members of the British military, © 2017 by the Not Forgotten Association. Used with permission of the Not Forgotten Association. Photo: Tom Lindboe

For Blenheim, 2017 Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Text: Interviews with current and former members of the British military, © 2017 by the Not Forgotten Association. Used with permission of the Not Forgotten Association. Photo: Tom Lindboe

Exhibition view: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Photo: Tom Lindboe

STATEMENT – redacted, 2015 Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Text: Interview conducted by Save the Children (STC) in Jordan, from case studies, © 2012–16 by STC. Used with permission of STC. All names have been changed to protect identities. Photo: Tom Lindboe

EACH OTHER’S EYES, 2017 Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Text: “When You Shoot at Me” from Building the Barricade by Anna Świrszczyńska, English translation by Piotr Florczyk, © 2016 by the translator. Used with permission of Ludmiła Adamska-Orłowska and the translator. Photo: Tom Lindboe

SUCH WORDS, 2017 Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Text: “When You Shoot at Me,” “When a Soldier Is Dying,” and “The Last Drop of Air” from Building the Barricade by Anna Świrszczyńska, English translation by Piotr Florczyk, © 2016 by the translator. Used with permission of Ludmiła Adamska-Orłowska and the translator. Photo: Studio8

TWO FEARS, 2017 Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Text: “When You Shoot at Me” from Building the Barricade by Anna Świrszczyńska, English translation by Piotr Florczyk, © 2016 by the translator. Used with permission of Ludmiła Adamska-Orłowska and the translator. Photo: Tom Lindboe

SUCH WORDS, 2017 Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Text: “When a Soldier Is Dying” from Building the Barricade by Anna Świrszczyńska, English translation by Piotr Florczyk, © 2016 by the translator. Used with permission of Ludmiła Adamska-Orłowska and the translator. Photo: Tom Lindboe

A FIRING TANK, 2017 Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Text: “It Smashes the Barricades” from Building the Barricade by Anna Świrszczyńska, English translation by Piotr Florczyk, © 2016 by the translator. Used with permission of Ludmiła Adamska-Orłowska and the translator. Photo: Tom Lindboe

THE YOUNGEST SOLDIER, 2017 (detail) Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Text: “He Had No Overcoat” from Building the Barricade by Anna Świrszczyńska, English translation by Piotr Florczyk, © 2016 by the translator. Used with permission of Ludmiła Adamska-Orłowska and the translator. Photo: Tom Lindboe

FIRST ORDER TO FIGHT, 2017 (detail) Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Text: “Let Them Count Corpses” from Building the Barricade by Anna Świrszczyńska, English translation by Piotr Florczyk, © 2016 by the translator. Used with permission of Ludmiła Adamska-Orłowska and the translator. Photo: Tom Lindboe

BEAUTY WORSHIPPED, 2017 Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Text: “Beauty Dies” from Building the Barricade by Anna Świrszczyńska, English translation by Piotr Florczyk, © 2016 by the translator. Used with permission of Ludmiła Adamska-Orłowska and the translator. Photo: Jack Hems

YOU ENEMY, 2017 (detail) Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Text: “A Soldier Says” from Building the Barricade by Anna Świrszczyńska, English translation by Piotr Florczyk, © 2016 by the translator. Used with permission of Ludmiła Adamska-Orłowska and the translator. Photo: Tom Lindboe

STILL LIFE, 2017 Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Text: “Still Life” from Building the Barricade by Anna Świrszczyńska, English translation by Piotr Florczyk, © 2016 by the translator. Used with permission of Ludmiła Adamska-Orłowska and the translator. Photo: Tom Lindboe

STILL LIFE, 2017 (detail) Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Text: “Still Life” from Building the Barricade by Anna Świrszczyńska, English translation by Piotr Florczyk, © 2016 by the translator. Used with permission of Ludmiła Adamska-Orłowska and the translator. Photo: Tom Lindboe

OF WAR, 2017 Installation: SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, 2017 September 29–December 31, 2017 Photo: Tom Lindboe